Today we have a pair of Hooded Mergansers. Good to see. Looks like we are in for a warm-up! Seeing a lot of wildlife yesterday however this was taken several years ago. #hoodedmerganser

Spotted this lone Trumpeter Swan walking on the ice today, the ice will soon be all gone. Spring is here! #trumpeter

I captured this the other day when freezing rain was here. I hope not to see this again for a long time. #icestorm

This Mourning Dove stopped by for a break before taking off to be with friends. I see it’s supposed to be warmer soon. #mourningdove

They are back, Red Winged Black Bird. They have a very interesting call. Enjoy! #redwingedblackbird

All I can say is water over the dam. Looking forward to warmer weather soon, #water

Happy Easter! Soon there will be passenger trains on this track, running from southern Michigan to Northern Michigan. I wonder how long soon is. #railroads

A Lone Canada Goose in the rain swimming. Hoping for warmer weather soon. #canadagoose

Spotted a pair of Seagulls lately, I wanted to share this with you. #seagulls

Pulled from the archives, we have reflections of the tower of the Mackinaw Bridge taken several years ago while traveling to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. #mackinawbridge

Lots of rain yesterday with snow in the future. This photo taken during a recent warm up, it reminds me of a lensball. Enjpy! #waterdrop

This photo was taken several years ago in the spring at the open space in Traverse City, Ice from the wave action from the bay. This was a very interesting formation. #ice

Flipped reflection of the trees on the ice, Its supposed to be 60 degrees today and I sad snow for Thursday. Come on Spring! #reflextion

The snow is melting and the ice is soon to go. Today we are looking through the ice and seeing bubbles underwater. There is so much we don’t see everyday. #ice

Yesterday we had rain in Traverse City, today we are on a two track looking at a mud puddle. I prefer the mud puddle. #mudpuddles

Front Street downtown Traverse City, Its raining again. #itsrainingagain☔️

Spotted this Osprey recently, and I thought I’d share this with you. #osprey

Swans on Lake Huron, a awesome sight to see. Sunrise side of Michigan. Thanks for all of your likes and comments. #sunrise

Taken a while ago, The moon is a beautiful item to photograph. This sliver moon was awesome to capture. Enjoy! #moonshadow

Peek a boo, archive photo. I spotted this Bald Eagle in its nest several years ago. There was a pair of them and this one stayed in its nest protecting its young. #baldeagle

During the recent winter storm we had squirrel’s finding the bird feeder, I put corn out for the Blue Jays however the Squirrels find it too. #squirrel

Who is ready for this? We still have a lot of snow of the ground, hope the warmer weather gets this started. #spring

This Sunrise photo popped up in my memory, so I thought I’d reshare it with al of you. This was taken at Clinch Park in Traverse City, Michigan. Looking east towards the Peninsula. #sunrise

The Common Grackle’s are back and lots of them. Its a unique bird and a dominate one. looking forward to seeing warmer weather soon. Enjoy! #grackle

During the recent snowstorm, we were getting a lot of birds at the feeders. I took this photo of this Chick-a-dee while it waited for the feeders to clear. #chickadee

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Well we had ice, then a lot of wind and snow. Looking forward to a warmup. Power is back on !! #stpatricksday☘️

We experienced an ice storm yesterday afternoon and evening then turning to snow. This photo was taken a year ago when the ice storm hit Northern Michigan. Looking forward to seeing the sun again. #winterstorm2026❄️☃️🌨

I thought I’d share an old photo with you since we are in a storm at this time. Snow and Ice. Hope the power stays on. Wishful thinking. More to come. #sunrise

This photo was taken several years ago. We are in for a winter storm, not sure if we are going to get a lot of snow or ice at this time. They are estimating up to 4 feet of snow, or a lot of ice. I would rather have the snow. Photos in the future. #baldeagle

Spotted a Robin this spring, also saw a red-winged black bird. No photo. Well we are in for a winter storm this weekend, hope we get through it quickly. #robin

We received some ice and snow yesterday. No like they got last year north of here. Looking for snow on Friday and again on Sunday, the meteorologist are saying maybe over a foot of snow. Today we have just ice. #spring

Today we have some wild weather in our area. Rain, snow and ice. Looking forward to warmer weather. Today we have a Rough-legged Hawk sometimes know as a Rough-legged Buzzard. Enjoy!! #roughleggedhawk

I was going through my old photos and came across this Snowy Owl itching itself. I have never shared this one before so I thought it was time. #snowyowl

Spring rains are awesome. Hope to see the spring rains cleaning up the snow and the grass will start to be green again. enjoy! #weather

Rain yesterday, close to 60 degrees. Hope the sun comes out today. This is another photo from the archives of the Boardman River. This was a beautiful day. #boardmanriver

Here is another photo from the archives, This was taken at the Mackinaw Bridge several years ago when the wind kicked up the ice. Taken on the south side. Enjoy! #ice

Today we have another from the archives, this photo was taken several years ago when we stopped at Eben Ice Caves. This is another beautiful place to visit, I do recommend Ice Cleats. #ebenicecaves

My memory popped up with this photo from Key Largo when we were there 9 years ago. The Florida Keys are a beautiful place to visit. I would love to go back. #keylargo

Tree shadows at the Point Betsie Lighthouse. This is a beautiful place to visit along the shore of Lake Michigan. #pointbetsielighthouse

This Sand Hill Crain was hanging around the fields near where we live. Sorry there is no food for this bird. It should be melting more this week so it can find something to eat. It seems really early for this guy to be here. Maybe its a sign for an early spring. #sandhillcrane

Today we have another photo from the archives. I believe this was taken over 10 years ago. Looking forward to warmer weather this week. Thanks for all of the likes and comments. #reflection

Today we have another photo from the archives. Snow and Sun! We will be welcoming Spring soon. #spring

This is a photo that I took over 5 years ago of the High Rollways overlooking the Manistee River. This view can be taken any time of year. It’s a beautiful place. #manisteeriver

Who is ready for this? I had to put a warm photo today to warm everyone up. Enjoy! #daisy

Looking for another little warm up for tomorrow, it’s supposed to be around 40 degrees. Maybe some of this snow will melt. I think we should pull from the archives for warmer photos, what do you think? #thinkspring

Yes, we received more snow yesterday, we are getting closer to spring. Soon we are going to see a lot of brown snow when it melts. This was taken close to home in Kalkaska County, Michigan. #winter

On a recent trip to town, We traveled down some roads that I could stop and captured this photograph. Kalkaska County, Michigan. It’s beautiful however I really want to see warmer weather soon. #winterwonderland

It’s still winter here it snowed all day yesterday, I thought I’d share another snowy photo taken in the Red Pines. Enjoy! #redpines

We had a warm spell for a while and then this happened, we had more snow. I have to say it was beautiful even though we would like to see the warmer weather. This was at the train tracks in Fife Lake, Michigan, one of my favorite places to photograph. #winterwonderland

Pulling from the archives again, this was taken over Lake Huron, the sunrise side of the state 4 years ago. It was a beautiful sunrise. The answer to yesterdays photo is that it was sunny out showing tree shadows on the snowbank on the road. #sunrisesideofmichigan