One of the first things you learn as a birder is to look up to see the birds.
And in winter, it’s a lot easier to look for birds in the trees and shrubs: there are no leaves to hide the birds.
When I noticed the sounds of animals along the trail at Detroit’s Belle Isle State Park had suddenly gone quiet, I knew there had to be a reason. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk at Belle Isle State Park
When you walk down the shady paved trail along the Huron River, you can hear water rushing by, the sound of Indigo Buntings singing in the distance, and muffled conversations of couples as they stroll down the trail.
Unless you listen carefully, you might not recognize the sounds of a family far above you, about 75 feet up, in the forest canopy.
A family that’s taken over an abandoned squirrel nest in the forks of a mature cottonwood tree. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Watching Broad-winged Hawks Growing Up