Photo of the Week: Bald Eagles on the Frozen Ice

Large white-headed black birds with bright yellow legs and sharp talons face each other on the frozen marsh ice.

When I saw the pair of Bald Eagles standing on the frozen ice of the marsh at Lake Erie Metropark, it looked to me the birds were in deep discussion.

I first saw the eagles flying low over the treetops and when they disappeared from sight, I suspected they might have landed on the ice.

I drove toward the open marsh, passing a flock of about 150 American Robins foraging berries in the dense shrubs lining the road.

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Photo of the Week: Marshlands Museum and Nature Center

Cattails and other vegetation in the marsh east of the nature center

At this year’s Hawkfest at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown Township, Michigan, I took the short hike from the Marshlands Museum and Nature Center along the Cherry Island Trail and boardwalk down to the boat launch to view the migrating hawks. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Marshlands Museum and Nature Center