With layoffs at the US Fish and Wildlife Service this month, I wanted to make sure I visited our local national refuge at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the downriver Detroit suburbs.
It’s the only international wildlife refuge in North America.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Winter
Tucked on a street east of Riverside Park in southwest Detroit, on the bank of the Detroit River south of the Ambassador Bridge, you’ll find the small gray building of The J.W. Westcott Company.
If you’re not familiar, the company is known for its official U.S. Postal Service mail boat, a floating post office with its own zip code: 48222.
The world’s first non-military floating postal zip code.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: The J.W. Westcott Company
A seabird typically found along North American ocean shores has made the Detroit River shipping channel its home for the past two weeks. Which has delighted birders, nature lovers, and photographers in our area, including me! I found the rare Black-legged Kittiwake quickly as it foraged for food in a small cove east of the… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Black-legged Kittiwake in Southeast Michigan!