The word is out … good sunflowers seeds and cracked corn at Richie’s Bar and Grill (fine bird dining in the Northland since 1956). Yup! The official Hawk Ridge Count for this migration season as of a few moments ago is 48,056. My home is about 4/5 of a mile (and 600 feet down in elevation) from Hawk Ridge. During September and October, the staff at Hawk Ridge count birds from the viewing platform. The hill over Lake Superior is one of the top locations in mid America to get a first hand seat at the bird migration. This year’s Blue Jay numbers are epic.
Given my location near the base of the ridge, it is a constant blue parade at my feeders. Now that fall foliage is almost at peak, the colors are glorious.
Fall Colors as seen from deck this morning.
Yesterday the sunrise was eerie in Sax-Zim Bog. The smoke from the western wildfires was quite evident (God Bless all those folks dealing with that horrible situation). My vantage point for this image was on Sax Road looking back towards Hwy #7 and the RR tracks.
Richard- do you ever speak anywhere or have your pictures on display anywhere? Sue – Bemidji Mn
Susan … stay tuned. I will be speaking at a virtual Audubon presentation in the near future. I will post the details on my blog, but attending will be free. With respect to displaying at a gallery, I do not have a relationship with any galleries. It is expensive to frame photographs, and quite frankly they don’t sell very well (not just me, other photographers as well). Thus, I prefer to get paid assignments from magazines.