I have finally wrapped up Michigan for 2011 as well.  I had mentally thought this was a banner year, but was surprised to see myself fall sh...

I made a post two winters ago now discussing goals I had set for myself for 2011 in Ohio and Michigan .  Well I am finally slogging through ...

A couple of summers ago I was exploring some areas of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in NW Michigan.  I was surprised to notice ...

Eastern Illinois is blessed with a remnant sand prairie that is a relic of forgotten days.  It seems that as glaciers melted a large flood e...

I mentioned in an earlier post how I have such bad luck finding Spotted Salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum , since moving to Michigan.  In a t...

My computer is back up and running, although still with some major issues.  I just finished working through and editing a few months of phot...