This red-crowned Sandhill Crane is one of a group of cranes that overwintered in Michigan at nearby local park where I go birding. I saw it foraging for food near the open water of the lake shoreline. The majestic Sandhill Cranes are an incredible sight to see, as the large gray birds with long neck… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Sandhill Crane Takes a Closer Look
One of our family holiday traditions is hiking the trails at Kensington Metropark Nature Center, near Milford in southeast Michigan. In the past, when our son was younger and in grade school, we would hike on New Year’s Day. Not a day when many people are out at the metroparks; we often had the trails… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Holiday Hike at Kensington Metropark
Can you imagine any bird, let alone a Downy Woodpecker like this one, eating bird seed from your hand? Birds have been fed so often by hand at Kensington Metro Park in southeast Michigan that often all you need to do is stretch out your arm and birds will land on your hand. Over the… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Downy Woodpecker