Our last measurable rain occurred on May 20th. There is a chance of some rain today, but with 22 days of no rain and tons of sun, the Earth is parched.
On June 3rd I saw the strawberry moon despite the haze from the forest fires in Canada. In the photo below (taken with my Nikon P1000), you can see Tycho Crater in the lower portion of the image. Tycho Crater is 53 miles wide and 238,000 miles from Earth!
I spent three hours on the morning of June 4th at the Ingham Conservation District (ICD) property. Like most morning visits, I didn't see another person out there. However, I did see fifty species of birds including two rare sightings; a pair of Red-Headed Woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) and a Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). This was my first ever sighting of a Prothonotary Warbler. The Red-Headed Woodpeckers are considered rare in this area of Michigan, but they do nest at the ICD property.
On June 9th, I spent four hours at the ICD to celebrate my birthday. Not another person was out there and I was treated to forty-two species of birds.
Finally, butterfly season has begun. On June 10th we had Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papillo glaucus) and a Red Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis).
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