Ever have one of those days? You are just walking down the beach when …
This is what happens when a Ross’s Goose meets a Canada Goose (yesterday afternoon on a Lake Superior Beach). The white goose is rare for our area.
Just walking down the beach … when …
If I ignore it and look the other way, maybe it will go away
Oh my … it is a lot bigger than me
As Snagglepuss would say … exit stage left! Time to fly
Should folks who read this blog decide a birding trip to the Northland is in order, also on the agenda should be some ship watching. From late March to late January (10 months), Duluth is one of America’s busiest ports. This afternoon, I watched my favorite ship arrive in the Twin Ports. The Alpena, the oldest ship sailing our waters, was built in 1942 and carries cement around the Great Lakes.
There is a great tool for figuring out when you should visit Canal Park and watch a ship sail under the Aerial Lift Bridge. It is named Harbor Lookout. Use the map and also investigate all the live web cams located from Superior to Silver Bay.
I took these photographs from atop the hill at Enger Park.
You should remember previous posts which mention the Cornell School of Ornithology’s app, Merlin. This app was very useful this afternoon when I needed to ID a white goose. The bird had to be a Ross’s or Snow Goose … both rare for this part of North America, but which one?? Merlin allows one to request an ID using a photograph of the bird which you upload.
Thanks to Merlin I know that the white goose was a Ross’s Goose, not a Snow Goose. These birds look very similar. Some other birding notes from today:
