When it comes to birding and bird identification, I seem to learn something new every day. It’s one of the things I enjoy most about birding, and it keeps me humble.
I saw this beautiful bird at Kensington Metropark, perched on the boardwalk railing as I was searching for the elusive Virgina Rail in the mass of cattails.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird
Hiding in the cattails, the secretive Sora is a challenging marsh bird to find whether it’s early summer or late fall when they’re migrating south to warmer temperatures. And the Sora at Kensington Metropark I saw this week confirmed how elusive they can be to find. A member of the rail family, Soras are football-shaped… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Secretive Sora in the Marsh
One of the reasons I love living in Michigan is because we have four seasons. And fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year when our trees change color.
With warmer temperatures this fall, floods in the summer, and drought last spring, our gorgeous fall color was delayed this year in southeast Michigan.
Typically we see fall foilage change color in early and mid October.
But not this year.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kensington Metropark in Fall Colors