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 in Autumn

Canoes along Newburgh Pointe lakeshore give way to the reflection of red and gold colors of the trees on the opposite shore

It was a classic sunny autumn day in southeastern Michigan when I stopped at Newburgh Pointe at Edward Hines Park in Livonia, Michigan.

The temperature was cool, skies were blue, and the autumn colors of the sugar maple and hickory trees brilliant as they reflected on the water. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Newburgh Pointe in Autumn