Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle at Magee Marsh Boardwalk

Bald eagle with wings outstretched flying in the blue sky

“Look up! Can you see it?”

It’s a common phrase you hear when you’re birdwatching at the Magee Marsh boardwalk on the shores of Lake Erie in northwest Ohio during The Biggest Week in American Birding. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle at Magee Marsh Boardwalk

Photo of the Week: Eastern Redbud at Lower Huron Metropark

a park bench along the pave trail is surrounded by the blooming purple flowers of the Eastern Redbud and nearby green shrub

While beds of bright yellow daffodils and fiery red tulips are some of my favorite spring memories, the delicate purple color of the flowers on blooming Eastern Redbud trees is what I look forward to every spring. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Eastern Redbud at Lower Huron Metropark

Photo of the Week: Shagbark Hickory in Spring

Green buds of the Shagbark Hickory unfold amongst the peach-orange bracts

I almost missed seeing the beautiful buds of the Shagbark Hickory as I was hiking the trails at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center and looking for colorful spring birds. Some movement caught my eye. I turned around to see the unfolding compound leaves of the hickory buds. Not sure I’ve ever seen Shagbark… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Shagbark Hickory in Spring