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Photo of the Week: Rainbow at the Airport

July 16, 2023 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Multicolored pink, yellow, green, and blue rainbow stands out against a blue-gray sky. Below the rainbow is a line of green-leaved trees with a white vehicle on the road next to the trees.

When I was a child, after every summer rainstorm you could find me searching the sky for a rainbow. I rarely found one, but when I did it felt like magic! After rainstorms moved through our area a few days ago, I went birding at one of our smaller local airports. I thought the rain… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Rainbow at the Airport

Photo of the Week: Short-Billed Dowitcher

July 9, 2023 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Stocky, golden-brown, orange shorebird with long black bill pauses on the shoreline after foraging in the mud in the marsh.

With a reprieve from hot weather, rain, and air quality alerts, this weekend I traveled to Lake Erie’s southwest shore in Ohio to check out shorebird, waterfowl, and terns.

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Photo of the Week: Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

July 6, 2025July 2, 2023 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Orange, white, and black patterned butterfly pauses on purple blooms of tall plant with smooth green leaves.

With my plans to create a more bird and butterfly friendly yard, last year I replanted one of my flowers beds with Swamp Milkweed and other native Michigan plants. The milkweed plants had a couple blossoms last summer, which surprised me. From my research, I understood it would take a year for milkweed to establish… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

Photo of the Week: Rainbow at the Airport

Photo of the Week: Short-Billed Dowitcher

Photo of the Week: Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

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