It’s another beautiful morning at Whitefish Point, Michigan. Since the evening with the Black Witch it’s been rather slow with moths. Nothing big and spectacular, but some interesting smaller moths. The seemingly ever present sweetfern geometer. This is one of the first moths that we get in May and typically have it every week ofContinue reading “Another day, another new moth”
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A good reason not to be in Ann Arbor
Now that the inner crescents are done, the work has shifted to Hatcher and Saunders Crescent. I’m not sure who the road is closed to since these two streets are the only way to enter our neighborhood. Saunders at Cooley where during the work a water main was broken. But hey, that’s what they’re replacing.Continue reading “A good reason not to be in Ann Arbor”
Bishop’s Bog orchids
We spent Saturday morning at Bishop’s Bog Preserve, in Portage, Michigan. It was a near perfect day. Normally I would have said that we were spot-on for seeing the orchids that we were searching for, but this year we were actually a week or two late for flowers. We were lucky though and saw aContinue reading “Bishop’s Bog orchids”
Ann Arbor Art Fair 2024 (Blog anniversary #3)
It’s always fun to walk down and through town early in the morning, especially during Art Fair. We were headed to Avalon for breakfast so were winding our way through closed booths before 8 AM. Wow, this is the 55th Summer Art Fair. I remember coming here in 1969. I’ll still have a belt thatContinue reading “Ann Arbor Art Fair 2024 (Blog anniversary #3)”
Shorebirds at Whitefish Point
Spending a lot of time on the shore and sand dundes at Whitefish Point means that you will see a lot of shorebirds. The obvious target for the majority of birdwatchers is Piping Plover. But there are a lot of other shorebirds as well. Adult Piping Plover. Piping Plover chick running across the stones andContinue reading “Shorebirds at Whitefish Point”
Another day, another orchid
There’s never a day at Whitefish Point that isn’t interesting. Many times it’s with birds, sometimes insects or plants. Today it was with an orchid. The day started with clear skies and 59F. I was sitting on the deck sipping coffee when I took out my phone and got this picture. After a walk toContinue reading “Another day, another orchid”
Butterflies and dinner
Currently there is very little diversity in butterflies at Whitefish Point. But there are still some interesting ones. I’m not a big fan of European skippers, they usually show up in the hundreds or even the thousands. However, seeing just one is OK, even though they are a non-native invasive. Over the past few daysContinue reading “Butterflies and dinner”
A night filled with moths
We’re back at Whitefish Point which means some serious mothing! Getting up in the morning to between two and three hundred moths resulted in hours of photographing and identifying moths. The moth above is a Wavy chestnut Y, which beside being a beautiful moth is an interesting name. The moth on the left is aContinue reading “A night filled with moths”
A day filled with insects
We went to Embury Road the other day searching for several birds that I hadn’t seen or heard this year – Blue-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler. We managed to find both species. But the high-lights for our time on there were the insects. Nothing like starting the morning with a Leconte’s Haploa, a nice mothContinue reading “A day filled with insects”
A southern Michigan bog
The other day we spent time at the Eddy Discovery Center bog trail. This is a wonderful trail that goes through a variety of woods and wetlands ending in a delightful bog. Along one stretch of the trail there are a lot of Indian pipes (Ghost pipes). which is an interesting plant. But it wasContinue reading “A southern Michigan bog”
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