Nearly 300 dead birds were recently found on the beaches of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Park staff say they have an idea as to how the birds day and are urging people who visit the beaches to take certain precautions. There are also actions park officials want people to take to help protect the birds.
Perhaps one of the most underrated parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula would be Whitefish Point. Lake Superior is the most beautiful, and deceiving, Great Lake of Michigan. As the deepest Great Lake and the most North, Lake Superior has earned its reputation as a ship graveyard; though they are also home to the Great Lakes Region bird observatory.