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Blueberry season

One of the joys of having property at Whitefish Point, Michigan is being able to walk out the door and pick blueberries. The down side is battling mosquitoes. However, male mosquitoes are pollinators, it’s only the females that are vampires. Blueberries at the back deck. With a bit of effort it’s possible to pick a…

It’s insect season at Whitefish Point

This is the time of year when insects start to dominate what we are seeing at Whitefish Point. That said, warbler migration is also in full swing – and what do warblers eat? Insects! Since we live on a sand dune antlion dens/burrows/pits are quite common. Young antlions are underground at eh center of this…

Heading to Whitefish Point, Michigan

We’ve been in southern Michigan a long time and haven’t spent any time at the cabin in the north, so yesterday we packed up and headed north. It was an easy drive and we took the opportunity to stop at several places to look for favorite plants and animals. First we stopped at the rest…

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