It’s more than a month before the official start of winter on December 21 in our area, but winter has definitely arrived in southeast Michigan. Snow showers came down in our area more than a week ago, but didn’t stick. The ground was too warm and the snow slowly melted away. Not the case this… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Has Arrived in Southeast Michigan
The birding community in Michigan and beyond is abuzz with the news that a rare sandpiper for North America was seen this weekend in southeast Michigan.
I should know, I’m as excited as everyone else who heard about it!
Along with hundreds of other birdwatchers, I made the journey early this morning to Washtenaw County in search of the reddish-legged Spotted Redshank.
Isn’t it a beauty? Continue reading Photo of the Week: Spotted Redshank, Rare Bird in Michigan
Birdwatching takes me to lots of different places, national forests, wildlife areas, and some of the smallest towns in the Midwest.
Which I enjoy, because I love going through towns and discovering the unique architecture of their older buildings, churches, libraries, and courthouses.
This month my travels took me to Ishpeming, Michigan, a small town in the western part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
And what I found didn’t disappoint. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Iron Ore Miners Mural in Ishpeming, Michigan