Per my norm I was out before sunrise this morning. While I did find owls, the beauty of the sunrise over the newly formed Lake Superior ice was awe inspiring. Perhaps the Ice Caves near the Apostle Islands will open after all this year. We can only hope. Here are a few pics from my 2015 visit to the Ice Caves.
Sunrise at French River on the North Shore of Lake Superior
20 Minutes earlier at Brighton Beach
There has been an explosion of pine grosbeaks entering our area. These beautiful birds are everywhere!
Find a berry or crab apple tree, find a grosbeak!
Drive a dirt road two hours after sunrise, find a grosbeak eating grit.
During my hikes I also found Wile E. Coyote loping along some railroad tracks. He wanted nothing to do with me, but did stop briefly to check me over!
Finally, a quick update on my book … But That Is Not Me! I just edited the Birding With Children Page. Each bird featured in the book now is listed with links to videos, songs, map ranges, etc!
The full moon rose over Lake Superior yesterday evening just before sunset. Practicing my best lazy boy photography methods, even though I had researched many great places to photograph the full moon rising over Gitche Gumee within various 45 minute drives, I decided to just pop down to the shore of the big lake which is 800 yards from my house. This started nine hours of photography on Lake Superior! I found the Lesser Yellowlegs from their southern migration at 6:15 am which ended my ten hours!
The freighter, American Century, steams under the full moon ...
Morning Mergansers (sunrise at Stoney Point)
Lesser Yellowlegs on Minnesota Point (forms the Duluth / Superior harbor)
