Photo of the Week: Ice-Covered Lake Erie

Wintry landscape scene of snow covered beach and ice-covered Lake Erie in the distance. In the foreground, several bare trees stand out against the deep blue sky. If you look closely, you'll see ice fishing shacks on the ice.

This week’s photo of the week shows an ice-covered Lake Erie, as seen this weekend from the shoreline of Sterling State Park in Monroe, Michigan.

With the frigid weather we’ve had since mid-January, it’s not surprising to learn Lake Erie is now over 95% frozen.

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Photo of the Week: Feeder Bird Symphony Mural

A two part mural: on the left side is a background of yellow, orange, and green-leaved trees against a blue sky with colorful birds perched on branches, birdhouses, and foraging on the ground. The mural transitions to a stark winter gray-sky landscape with different birds in flight while others are foraging on the ground.

Despite snow and sub-zero Fahrenheit temperatures this weekend, I started my Saturday with our local Wild Ones chapter winter sowing native plant seeds with several dozen gardeners at the University of Michigan-Dearbon Environmental Interpretive Center (EIC).

While I was at the EIC, I knew I wanted to stop at the Observation Room and check out the new Feeder Bird Symphony mural I learned about from the January 2026 newsletter.

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