Michigan winters are no joke, but many residents stick around all year.
This male cardinal was eating leftover berries.
The downy woodpecker is hard to distiguish from a hairy woodpecker. I think this one is downy?
This wild turky landed breifly on my third-floor balcony. With a max speed around 90 km/hr, she's no butterball.
Male red-winged backbird on lookout.
A cute little opposum!
This eastern grey squirrel tucks his paws in his coat to warm them up. I can relate.
It's almost spring, this fluffy little bluebird was getting ready for a busy year.
Birch and Maple trees can handle cold winters that other broadleaf trees cannot tollerate. They pull this off by pumping sap up from their roots in the spring, clearing out any air bubbles that may have formed in the winter.
Once it is spring, some more residents appear.
On spring nights, spotted salamanders congregate in pools in the woods to mate.
This bullfrog is enjoying a sunrise.
I don’t bump into them often, but one morning I found a box turtle in a wild strawberry patch. Its face was all covered with red strawberry juice and seeds. I could tell it had spent the whole night stuffing its face and was so pleased with itself!