Photo of the Week: Rainbow at the Airport

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: Rainbow at Gotfredson Marsh

pink, green, and yellow rainbow against a cloudy sky with the marsh and shade trees in the foreground

I never know what I’ll see when I visit one of my favorite birding spots, Gotfredson Marsh in Superior Township, on the edge of Washtenaw County in Michigan.

Typically, I’ll find the copper-topped Sandhill Cranes on the south end of the marsh, the majestic Trumpeter Swans and their family of three cygets lazily swimming in the open waters while the stealthy Green Heron quietly sits on a log jutting into the marsh. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Rainbow at Gotfredson Marsh