Photo of the Week: Common Loon at Newburg Lake

Common Loon

What a treat! Seeing the Common Loon at Newburg Lake was a FOY (first of year) find for me. Check out the bright red eye and the white collar, distinguishing marks for the Common Loon. If I hadn’t read about the sighting in our Michigan birding email list, I would never have known the loons… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Common Loon at Newburg Lake

Photo of the Week: Newburgh Pointe Rain Garden

bug on red blooming milkweed flowers

The rain garden at Newburgh Pointe at Edward Hines Park along the Rouge River was busy with American Goldfinches flitting amongst the shrubs, milkweeds, and thistles gathering seeds for their nests and young. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Newburgh Pointe Rain Garden