Photo of the Week: A Morning for Cliff Swallows

A small brown bird with outstretched wings, short square tail, buffy-orange rump, and white head patch pauses over dried brown mud nests in a corner of a gray concrete portion of a street bridge.

As a birder, sometimes you need to remind yourself to look at things other than trees, bushes, yards, and fields to see birds.

Like bridges—this one is over the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan—where you see Cliff Swallow nests as you look up from the trail.

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Photo of the Week: Calm Fall Morning at Barton Pond

Look out over the calm waters of Barton Pond in Ann Arbor, green deciduous trees on the far shoreline. In the foreground a wooden bench and wooden deck.

Our first official fall event for the Washtenaw Audubon Society was this weekend (autumnal equinox or first day of fall was September 22, 2022 at 9:03pm). The morning walk at Barton Nature Area in Ann Arbor, Michigan took us on the trails near the river as we searched for fall warblers, dodged multiple rain showers,… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Calm Fall Morning at Barton Pond