March 16th, St Patrick's Parade & Corktown Races (2008)         March 9th, Taking the totals It looks like we'll easily pass 60 inches of snow, maybe 65 this season. All in all a tough winter for biking - I'm guessing some of this 'concretified' snow will still be around in May. It's a miserable time for many. Here's to a rapid Spring!         March 8th, News Directions Which way?         February 24th, Hunting Ducks! Be vewwy, vewwy quiet... As Spring's just a little over two weeks away, this weekend seemed like a final chance to take a look at our winter visitors. The Detroit and Rouge Rivers create a wonderful haven for wintering birds. So much so that the University of Michigan maintains a prestigious migration observatory along the Rouge in Dearborn. Not only is the research of use in planning for the wetlands around the lakes, but many of these little visitors also provide a valuable early warning for any changes in levels of environmental toxins. So, with binoculars in hand, Claudia, I and as it turned out, about 50 billion rhinovirii, headed up the river towards Belle Isle. [Update] Thanks to Stylurus for checking our IDs! CL with the essentials, binoculars and a tuque Ducks spotted at 12 o'clock! First, male Redhead Male hooded Merganser with canvasbacks Male & Female Bufflehead Canvasback Mallard and not quite a Mallard Harvey here looks like a cross (Stylurus affirms) Double exposure - a Merganser takes fright American Robin (not a duck but a darned photogenic critter) Cenestpasun's Canard :) Recently archived posts Montreal Webcam Send Feedback Flickr: Exposure Detroit  Links Beat The Train Critical Mass Detroit M-Bikes.Org Michigan MBikes Detroit Bikes! DetroitBlog.Org Weather Pride in Detroit SNWEB International Met Absolute Michigan DetroitYes Discussion   Detroit Books (Winter)       [1] American City       [2] Coleman Young: Quotes       [3] Motoons Short reviews on the book page.  The Archive January 2008 Forest Arms Fire December 2007 Snow Storm November 2007 Bans & Parades October 2007 Sore Feet October 2007 San Francisco September 2007 Tour Detroit September 2007 BI Grand Prix 2007 August 2007 It's Summertime Summertime.. July 2007 Guardian Tour May 2007 Paths & trails April 2007 Belle & Burn March 2007 Red & Green Feb 2007 Snow snow snow Jan 2007 Ice Ice Ice Nov-Dec 2006 Xmas in TC Oct-Nov 2006 Making tracks Aug-Sept 2006 [GO TIGERS!!!] July 2006 [Sun, Sand & Fountains] June 2006 [Fun fun fun, in the sun sun sun] May 2006 [Return of the photos] March 2006 [Last of the photos] February 2006 [Still no Snow] January 2006 [Guards, Guards!] December 2005 [The early years]   A Detroit Diary StreetArt Gallery (Updated March 30th)