Category Archives: Year 6

Northstar Lake Juveniles! Birds of the North.

Year 6

Back in the USA! My family and close friends are spending the Labor Day Weekend at our small Northwoods cabin. We call ourselves the “Same Time Next Year Gang”. This is our 30th get together. In total we have somehow found room for 17 people (12 adults, five children and two dogs). Already this weekend we’ve had a super Northern Lights display.

Yesterday morning we went out on the pontoon boat, and during a leisurely cruise we checked out the juveniles of Northstar Lake. After seeing Red-Throated Loons up in the Arctic, it was fun to visit our local loons.

Juvenile Bald Eagle (waiting for food)

Juvenile Common Loon (begging Mom for food … swimming circles around its parent)

Dad Common Loon holding its distance

Team Norway Cycling Team!

Year 6

Perhaps my final Norwegian post?! We arrived home in Minnesota last Tuesday in the wee hours of the morning. Still Processing images.

Molly and me in our official cycling garb

Hurtigruten arriving in Kirkenes the morning after we had arrived. I was up birding on a mountain overlooking the fjord. The coastal ferry is a great way to see Norway. It sails from Bergen all the way up to Kirkenes in the Arctic near the Russian border.

The sun went away mid morning, but I still enjoyed these Moose and Whooper Swan Families

Same Time Next Year Aurora Borealis

Year 6,

For 30 years a group of close friends and family have gathered to celebrate the end of summer on Labor Day Weekend. We call ourselves the Same Time Next Year Gang. Given my Northwoods cabin is small, we burst at the seems with every bed occupied in the cabin and bunk house. This year folks are even also renting cabins at two small nearby resorts.

For such a significant anniversary, the Northern Lights shown last night. Yup, Lady Aurora danced above Northstar Lake. The forecast is for another dance tonight. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Northern Lights Dance Over NorthStar Lake

Three Generations of Hoeg Women!

When Bored … Look South … Milky Way!