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Spring Phenology
April 19, 2023 Sam Volz, Park Interpreter Spring has officially sprung! It’s easy to see the signs of spring everywhere you look. Trees are beginning to bud, birds are singing away, and life is springing up all around us. We…
Wild Wednesday: American Chestnut
November 16, 2022 Theia Calidris, Interpreter When Robert Wells penned ‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire’, he was likely referencing the American Chestnuts he’d savored as a child in Boston. By the time Nat King Cole picked up the song…
Bird of the Week: Northern Shoveler
November 14, 2022 If the Northern Shoveler’s bill doesn’t catch your eye, the male's blocky colors sure will, with its bright white chest, rusty sides, and green head it’s hard to miss. The female is no less interesting with a…
Wild Wednesday: Fall-Planted Native Plants Have Many Benefits
November 9, 2022 Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor While autumn’s cooling temperatures and impending killing frosts make most gardeners think of all the clean-up they need to do before winter sets in, fall is actually a great time to do…
Bird of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk
November 7, 2022 Take a close look at this pictured bird and try to identify it. If you are struggling, don’t worry, you are not alone! That is because this picture is of the Cooper’s Hawk who is known for…
Wild Wednesday: American Elderberry
November 2, 2022 Theia Calidris, Interpreter As evening approaches, I find myself resting in the shade of a Basswood tree near a small stream cutting through a nature preserve. Damselflies battle amongst themselves for territory nearby, and rest on the…
Teachers From Across the Nation Travel to Your Metroparks to Learn Interactive Ways to Teach Students About Environmental Health
This summer, the nature center at Lake St. Clair Metropark hosted over 20 educators from across the country, where the Milkweed Adaptation Research and Education Network (MAREN), based out of St. Olaf College in Minnesota, presented a series of protocols…
Wild Wednesday: Halloween Pennant Dragonfly
by Samantha Volz October 26, 2022 As you take a stroll around the pond you notice what looks like a colorful butterfly fluttering by, or perhaps a tiny jack-o-lantern…or maybe it was just the Halloween Pennant Dragonfly. Pennant dragonflies are…
Wild Wednesday: Candy-striped Leafhopper
October 19, 2022 Theia Calidris, Interpreter It’s a sunny day in the garden as I work my way around the flower beds and fight with the water hose as I water my plants. A splash of color catches my attention;…
Wild Wednesday: The Jack-o’-Lantern Fungus
October 5, 2022 Erika Van Kirk, Interpreter It’s a crisp fall day in Michigan and you find yourself walking along a forested trail. Something in your periphery catches your eye. It’s bright, orange, and round. Your brain tries to assign…
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