White-Tailed Deer (male).
From between 27 to 45 inches tall and 6 to 7 feet long and weighing 150-310 pounds (male) and 90 to 211 pounds (female). Tan or reddish brown in summer and graying brown in winter. Belly, throat, nose band, eye ring and inside of ears are white. Tail brown and edged with white above often with a dark stripe down the center and white below. Black spots on side of chin. Buck's antlers can spread to 3 feet. Does rarely have antlers. Fawns are spotted.
The White-Tailed Deer inhabits farmlands, brushy areas, woods, suburbs and gardens.
They range throughtout the southern half of the southern tier of Canadian provinces and through most of the United States except for the Southwest.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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Mute Swan.
58 to 60 inches in length with a wingspan of just under 8 feet. The adults are all white with an orange bill with a black knob at the base. The young birds are the same but dingy gray-brown becoming whiter with age. The Mute Swan holds its neck in a feaceful curve while native swans hold their necks straight up.
They inhabit ponds, rivers, coastal lagoons and bays.
They are not native to North America and were introducted from Europe into the United States. They are most commonly found in southern New England through southeastern New York and into New Jersey and Maryland. There is also a locally established population in Michigan.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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Mallard (male).
18 to 27 inches in length. The male has a green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast and a grayish body. Their secondary wing feathers are metallic purplish blue, bordered in front and back with white. The female is mottled brown with a white tail and purplish-blue secondary wing feathers. The bill is mttled orange and black.
They inhabit ponds, lakes and marshes. Semi-domesticated birds may be found on almost any body of water.
They range from Alaska east to Quebec and south from southern Californiain the west and Virginia in the east. They winter throughout the United States.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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Fishing Pier on Kent Lake at dawn.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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