Our summer in southeast Michigan, like summer for many others in the Northern Hemisphere, has been a mix of high temperatures, intense rainstorms, high humidity, and wildfire smoke drifting from Canada.
Overcast, gray skies seemed to be the norm for weeks.
It was rare to get more than two days of sunshine before another storm moved through.
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A late evening in search of migrating shorebirds resulted in me meeting other birders near a flooded cornfield on the dirt backroads of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The sun was quickly setting and we were losing light when we spotted the rare Stilt Sandpiper (my first of year) as well as Semipalmated, Spotted, and Solitary Sandpipers foraging… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Summer Sunset Over Cornfields