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Photo of the Week: Pectoral Sandpiper

April 26, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
A brown and white sandpiper stands in a flooded feild, surrounded by blue water and green plant tufts. The bird's wings are upright as it gets ready to take flight.

Spring migration is in full swing in southeast Michigan, with songbirds, waterfowl, and shorebirds making their way through and from our area on their journey north.

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Celebrating Earth Day

April 22, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
A view of Earth taken from the Orion spacecraft's window. The visible hemisphere appears awash in sunlight, but it is actually lit by moonlight — sunlight reflected from the lunar surface. Along the upper left (south) and lower right (north) edges of Earth’s disk, green auroras glow against the dark sky, showing charged particles from the Sun interacting with gases in Earth’s atmosphere.

Today marks the 56th anniversary of Earth Day, an annual event launched on April 22, 1970 when 20 million Americans (10% of the US population at the time) took to the streets, neighborhoods, and cities to protest environmental issues.

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Photo of the Week: Spring Beauty

April 19, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
A mass of pink-white flowers with five petals and darker pink stripes cover the grass along the creek.

Over the past week, Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) have taken over the parks and nature areas I’ve visited.

The lovely pink/white flowers with deep pink stripes are one of the first southeast Michigan native plants to bloom in spring.

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