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Micah in Michigan 📸
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All images are my own.

GRMI
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7
"...By eyes that did wander,
And to metal were drawn."
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October 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Every flower a fountain
Of beauty foregone..."
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October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ushering in spooky season with a series of photographs I call "The Tower," focusing on the (overused, but w/e) intersection of nature and construct.

"With every step through the garden,
The tower looked on."
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October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A few photographs of a mother doe keeping an eye on me at Blandford Nature Center.

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September 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A pair of young deer cautiously observe me from beneath a canopy of pine boughs.

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September 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A stunning Indigo Bunting found at Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids.

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September 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A bird looks back at me from a field of green at Blandford Nature Center, GRMI.

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September 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
An American Goldfinch shreds a bull thistle at the Blandford Nature Center Highlands in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A sparrow examines me from its perch atop a stalk of mullein in the prairie.

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September 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A pair of birdhouses overlook a prairie at the aptly-named Prairie Wolf Park just outside of Grand Rapids. A lovely place with old apple orchards.

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September 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A couple shots of a red wing blackbird from East Paris Nature Preserve in Grand Rapids. This fellow was a very willing, if wary, subject as he showed off his eponymous red wings for the camera.

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September 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Beads of water slip off a duckling as it gobbles up a watery meal at Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids.

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September 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A mother duck watches over her chicks--and watches me--at Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids.

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September 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A great blue heron lording over the ducks in Grand Rapids, MI.

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September 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The sleeping baby swan spotted me! A few more shots of this sleeping cutie.

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September 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A sleeping juvenile swan spotted through the bushes. So cute!

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September 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A heron perched on top of a wetland birdhouse in Grand Rapids, MI.

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September 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A cardinal, I believe a juvenile male, examines me from the greenery at Blandford Nature Center, GRMI.

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September 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A gorgeous Pearl Crescent butterfly with slightly iridescent coloring on its thorax. Photographed at--you guessed it--Blandford Nature Center in Grand Rapids.

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September 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A sparrow fills its beak with summer grain at Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids.

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September 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A weather vane at Blandford Nature Center.

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September 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A young deer peers out at me from a stand of trees. Deer often creep me out for some reason. Probably because it feels like they always see me before I see them.

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September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A chipmunk looks back at me from a fallen tree in the Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids.

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September 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A great egret staring me down from one leg. Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, #Michigan . Such a good trip! I hope you enjoyed these photos! I will lament my dirty lens for a long time to come.

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September 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM