Photo of the Week: Canoe Fan in Ann Arbor

Canoe Fan sculpture - a half-circle of fans forming an upright sculpture

I was on my way home from visiting the Peony Garden at the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum this weekend when I decided to stop at Gallup Park.

It’s been a couple months since I last visited Gallup, and I wanted to see waterbirds on the Huron River.

Close to dusk, I pulled into the parking lot of the small craft boat launch east of Huron Parkway. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Canoe Fan in Ann Arbor

Photo of the Week: Stella Clair, Blue Water River Walk

Stella Clair sturgeon on the Blue Water River Walk

When I was birdwatching last weekend, I spent time traipsing through the snow along the shoreline of the St. Clair River and found my way to the Blue Water River Walk near Desmond Landing in downtown Port Huron, Michigan.

I was peering through my binoculars at the gulls and canvasbacks on the river when I spotted the back tail of what I thought was a whale sculpture. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Stella Clair, Blue Water River Walk