While I’m glad we had a real winter in southeast Michigan this year, with no major early warmups, I’m ready to say farewell to wind chills in the single digits, snow showers, and temperatures over 40 degrees Fahrenheit we’ve had in the past week. I was thrilled to see more signs of spring show up… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Welcoming Signs of Spring
One of our favorite places in winter at dusk also happens to be where we regularly see Short-eared Owls hunting over cornfields. Either way, if we see the owls or we experience an incredible sunset, we figure we’ve had a good evening. This sunset happened to be the same evening we saw five Short-Eared Owls.… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Sunset
With layoffs at the US Fish and Wildlife Service this month, I wanted to make sure I visited our local national refuge at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the downriver Detroit suburbs.
It’s the only international wildlife refuge in North America.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Winter