A smaller heron, the immature Little Blue Heron I saw this weekend at a southwestern Lake Erie marsh was slowly foraging the wetlands in the furthest corner from where I parked.
I’ve put off hiking the trail around the marsh this summer, there’s no shade or wooded area around the wetland.
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With cloudy skies moving through our area all afternoon and evening, I didn’t think I would have any chance of seeing October’s full moon, also known as Hunter’s Moon. Along with only four other people, I positioned myself at the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area headquarters parking lot. Which has a clear view to the… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Hunter’s Moon Rising Over Lake Erie
In the midday heat of the summer, I don’t typically see many birds active in marshes.
A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be found along the shorelines.
Or perhaps a Wood Duck with their duckling family or Trumpeter Swans with their cygnets.
It can be pretty quiet in the marshes, except for the calls of the Red-Winged Blackbird.
But I’ll often see terns as they fly and circle over canals and marshes.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Tidbit for a Tern