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: Cloud Reflections in Lake Erie

A lake scene in which the blue sky and fluffy white clouds in the sky are reflected in calm blue water. In the foreground, the rocky shoreline frames the photo. In the distance on the lake, you can see small black shapes of waterfowl, including Common Merganser and Mallards.

If you didn’t know this photo was taken in the past week, in the cold of a southeast Michigan winter with temperatures barely in the double digits Fahrenheit, you might think today’s photo of the week was taken on a warm day.

But it you look carefully in the rocks along the shoreline, you’ll notice white patches of snow and ice.

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Photo of the Week: Which Black-backed Gull Did I See?

Large white gull with deep gray/black back, orange tipped yellow bill stands in the shallow open water of the marsh.

When I first traveled down the main road of Sterling State Park in Monroe, Michigan this weekend, I couldn’t miss the gulls.

They were everywhere!

In the lagoons, near the boat launch, in the air, and in the Hunters Club Marsh where I often see lotus pods along the shoreline in winter.

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