Photo of the Week: Sunrise over Ford Lake on a Winter Morning

Sun shines brightly through bare tree branches that border the calm lake waters.

In the early morning hours, with the bright sun rising over Ford Lake in Ypsilanti, Michigan, we find Belted Kingfishers, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, and, of course, the ever-present Canada Geese on the waters of the calm lake. Temperatures are swinging back and forth between the teens and 40 degree Farenheit. Our local lakes and marshes… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Sunrise over Ford Lake on a Winter Morning

Photo of the Week: Bonaparte’s Gulls at Ford Lake

Two Bonaparte's Gull swimming on Ford Lake

Spring brings thousands of birds through southeastern Michigan, as raptors, songbirds, and waterbirds migrate north to Canada and beyond for their summer breeding season.

And this weekend, spring migration brought through the Bonaparte’s Gull, a small bird that winters along the coastline of Texas, Mississippi, and Mexico, but spends its summer breeding season in the taiga and boreal forest of central and western Canada. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Bonaparte’s Gulls at Ford Lake