Here is a photo from our neighborhood produce stand and the owner, Meeghan Siera.

–  Maxi Neugebauer, Traverse City, MI

 (Everyone here at the Leelanau Conservancy sends their thoughts and prayers to Meeghan and her family, who lost her husband and our very good friend, Bob Siera, in September after a battle with cancer. The Siera’s home and business, Leelanau Produce, is near our DeYoung Natural Area on Cedar Lake. For years, Bob watched over the property, and when we purchased it, helped us in innumerable ways from mowing and planting fields to helping with repairs and maintenance. He will be missed.)

This red tailed hawk landed on a birch tree very close to our deck at Northport Point this summer.  He sat there for several minutes eyeing the ground all around him.  Maybe this is why our resident chipmunks have all disappeared.

–  Pat Krause, Northport, MI & Grand Rapids, MI

My granddaughter, Kennzie Harmann, jumping off the dock at South Bar Lake, Empire.

–  Cyndie Hartmann, Holland, MI

I spend more time outdoors in Leelanau, so I am more aware of the creatures around me. This little guy lives in the Salvia by my kitchen window.

–  Cara Lee Paige, Kalamazoo & Northport, MI

Sunset from Northport Harbor

–  Cara Lee Paige, Northport, MI & Kalamazoo, MI