Great Lakes freighters pass by Belle Isle State Park, an island in the Detroit River north of downtown Detroit, regularly as they deliver raw materials to ports on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. But it’s not often you see a Great Lakes freighter celebrating the holiday season with a Christmas tree onboard, as… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays
While everyone else I knew was fast asleep on an early Sunday morning, I was up at 5:45am to head out the door for a morning of birdwatching at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan. I joined 13 other birders (people who watch birds) in peering through my binoculars at the 50 to 75 foot… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Baltimore Oriole at Belle Isle Nature Zoo
Yesterday was my first time visiting Dingell Park, part of the Downriver Delta Greenway along the Detroit River in Ecorse, Michigan.
It was an unexpected pleasure to see so many waterbirds at the park! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Swans on the Detroit River