UX Win: Michigan Audubon Society Kirtland’s Warbler Tours

Gray and yellow bird, with white eye-ring, sitting on tree branch

It’s rare that two of my interests, user experience and birdwatching, collide. But they did last weekend, when I decided to go on a Kirtland’s Warbler tour in northern Michigan. Continue reading UX Win: Michigan Audubon Society Kirtland’s Warbler Tours

Photo of the Week: Shiny Cowbird in Michigan

Shiny Cowbird walks along the green grass, pecking for food.

“This looks like the place to be”, I said as I sat down on the bench behind the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, on the shore of Lake Superior, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

I took a look about, and noticed there were a lot of birders sitting on the benches, their cameras with their long lenses all focused on the same black bird on the ground. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Shiny Cowbird in Michigan