Photo of the Week: Migrating Sandhill Cranes

A couple hundred large brown cranes in flight over a harvested cornfield, gray skies in the background.

You would think that the first major cold spell in November, with snow squalls and temperatures in the mid-twenties, would keep most people inside enjoying a hot beverage on a gray, fall cloudy day.

Not me!

I was out searching for Sandhill Cranes browsing the cornfields in southeast Michigan before they migrate south for the winter. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Migrating Sandhill Cranes

Photo of the Week: Marshlands Museum and Nature Center

Cattails and other vegetation in the marsh east of the nature center

At this year’s Hawkfest at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown Township, Michigan, I took the short hike from the Marshlands Museum and Nature Center along the Cherry Island Trail and boardwalk down to the boat launch to view the migrating hawks. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Marshlands Museum and Nature Center