What I Found Interesting: September 30, 2026

Green-colored copper sculpture of girl laying down on her stomach on the ground reading a book, brown mulch surround the sculpture, green-leafed white-flowered shrubs in the background.

Golf courses providing wildlife habitat, bird photographer of the year, and a red silk dress that took 14 years to complete are a few of the interesting stories I’ve enjoyed in the past month.

I hope you enjoy them, too!

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Photo of the Week: Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak

A stocky brown bird with white wing bars, white stripe over eye, chunky bill, brown streaky white breast with faint rose triangular patch perches on a wooden platform feeder with thick silver supports.

With fall bird migration in our area, I expected to see a number of migrating warblers in our area as they fly south.

What a pleasant surprise to find a juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak stop by the platform feeder to feed on some sunflower seeds. (Note the bits of seeds around its bill.)

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What’s Blooming in My Garden in Late September

A profusion of yellow-centered purple daisy-like flowers on multiple green-leaved branches rise from the ground.

Yesterday was the first day of fall and today definitely feels like it.

We have strong wind gusts, cloudy skies, and relatively (for southeast Michigan in September) cool temperatures in the low 60’s degrees Fahrenheit.

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