Maps to Abandoned Cabins and Other Photographic Treasures

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Abandoned Cabin, Cross Village MI

Abandoned Cabin, Cross Village MI, photo by Latitude 45

Flickr (where most of the photos seen here on Michigan in Pictures reside) has recently added a nifty feature that allows you to view a map of all photos in any pool. Try the Michigan Pool and the Absolute Michigan pool for example. It also works on tags like michigan or lighthouse. Here’s where Flickr explains how geotagging works (apparently you can do it without carting around a GPS unit)
Very cool.

You can also view maps of whole sets of photos. Click the pic below to view the locations of more photos of this cabin and the rest of the photos in Martin’s “Abandoned” set.
Abandoned in Michigan

Untitled in Green

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Untitled, photo by MdEST.

This is one of those that you want to be sure to view large!

Sunrise

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Sunrise

Sunrise, photo by CaptPiper.

Piper writes I woke up early this morning and decided to go out and hunt for photograhic treasure. As the uploads proceed, you will see what I found.

Sometimes as a photographer, you strike gold.

Be sure to check these out – it’s an amazing series of photos! She also explains a little more about them in her blog.

The Woods in Spring

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The Woods in Spring

The Woods in Spring, photo by CaptPiper.

She had a great set of blossom photos last week that you'll want to check out too.

Redwing Blackbird

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Redwing Blackbird

Redwing Blackbird, originally uploaded by curlyson.

A redwing blackbird in courting display.

From the Google Institute of Artificial Smartness comes this link to the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s Animal Diversity Web listing for Agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird) that tells us:

Red-winged blackbirds roost and breed in a variety of habitats, but tend to prefer wetlands. They have been known to live in fresh and saltwater marshes. On drier ground, red-winged blackbirds gravitate towards open fields (often in agricultural areas) and lightly wooded deciduous forests. In winter red-winged blackbirds are most often found in open fields and croplands.

In addition to spot-on information like the above passage, this great web resource includes many more photos and blackbird calls. Go there!