Usually I have to travel to Lake Erie to see migrating shorebirds in spring and fall. But every so often they stop to forage in some of our nearby wetlands on their way to/from their breeding grounds on the tundra.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Dunlin, Migrating ShorebirdMichigan
Howell Bakery Joins the Fun on April Fools’ Day
When I worked at a software company, I was known to pull a few interesting April Fools’ Day pranks on my co-workers. They never knew what I was going to do, but after the first two years of working together, they knew to expect something.
And would carefully check their work area to try and figure out what changed. I could be pretty devious.
Continue reading Howell Bakery Joins the Fun on April Fools’ DayPhoto of the Week: Barred Owl
What a nice surprise to see and hear my first Barred owl this week!
Despite over 30 years of birding in our southeast Michigan area, an area where Barred owls are reported regularly in mature forests near water, I’ve never found one.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Barred Owl