It might be late for other people in Michigan, but I was thrilled this weekend to have my first sighting of a monarch butterfly of the year. In the cool shade under the towering canopy of the maple trees at Maybury State Park, I was gazing at an overgrown field of grass. A fluttering movement… Continue reading Photo of the Week: First Monarch Butterfly of the Year
We’ve had a wet, cool spring in southeast Michigan. But my pink Columbines didn’t seem to mind.
They’ve been blooming for the past three weeks.
Somehow the delicate pink flowers withstood the downpours of rain and strong winds this month’s storms brought to southeast Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Pink Columbines in Bloom
Whether I’m out in nearby woods and marshes, the southern shore of Lake Erie or the shore of another Great Lake, my weekends are spent birding.
Peering through leaf-strewn marshland, harvested cornfields, bare shrub branches and leafed out tree canopies in cold, rainy, snowy, and sometimes sunny weather, I search for birds.
This weekend was no different from any previous weekend in 2019, but it was special because it was during the annual spring warbler migration in Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline