July 12 was my Dad’s 90th birthday – Happy Birthday, Dad! For the occasion, my family gathered in Michigan to celebrate as well as to spend some time together. Over the course of 10 days, we spent time in Adrian where I grew up and where my Dad still lives, in Pinckney where one of my sisters lives, in Detroit, and “up north” near Traverse City. I also had the pleasure of being an honorary Motor City Kossack at a lunchtime meet up organized by peregrine kate (stay tuned for a diary about this event, including a few photos). I had a wonderful vacation - I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep!
American Robin fledgling - Michigan's State Bird
While the focus of this trip was not birding, I did have some opportunities to use my binocs and camera to check out the local birds. (The binocs also came in handy for a Detroit Tigers baseball game and a Jimmy Buffett/Jackson Browne concert, both at Comerica Park, only a few blocks from Cobo Center, the venue for Netroots Nation 2014.)