The fluttering dark and red colors about four feet off the ground caught my attention as I walked away from the Detroit River Hawk Watch at Lake Erie Metropark.
I watched as it landed on a fallen brown leaf on the green grass, walked up slowly and discovered it was a beautiful Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red Admiral Butterfly
Looking for birds at our local metroparks always brings some unexpected surprises.
A rustling in the fallen leaf debris could mean a squirrel.
Or a skunk. Or an opossum.
Or a foraging Kentucky Warbler.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Unexpected Fox
I was delighted on my early morning hike at Lake Erie Metropark when I saw a pair of Marsh wrens chasing each other in the eight-foot tall Big bluestem prairie grass.
Once a lawn of green grass extending almost 1/2 mile to the Wave Pool, the area south of Cherry Island Nature Trail was converted to native prairie grasses a few years ago.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Big Bluestem