Tag Archives: MN North: Duluth Harbor

Days 321 & 322: Black and White in Living Color!

Year 1,

More than just us humans get tired occasionally with the fog, mist and clouds. From a photography perspective the challenge is low light, low color, and the need to raise ISO and Aperture levels to yield a quick enough shutter speed which accounts for how quickly birds tend to move. However, the ice, water and hoar frost is pretty! Sometimes the world seems devoid of color!

Day 321: Goldeneyes in the Duluth Harbor
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Day 322: Bald Eagle and Hoar Frost
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Day 320: Ice Lord! (photos)

Year 1

I have a new theory based upon this morning’s discovery of the Ice Lord! Let me explain …

While on my way to a local Nordic ski trail this morning for my workout, I stopped by the old Interstate Bridge on the Duluth Harbor Waterfront. Upon exiting the car, I heard a huge amount of screaming. Over the next few minutes was treated to four bald eagles (2 pairs) fighting in mid air. They dove, banked and did all kinds of aerial stunts … it was a true dog fight, or in this case an eagle fight.

My theory is that these birds were fighting over prime scavenging real estate. The US Coast Guard is keeping the shipping lanes open in the harbor. I believe that whenever a freighter comes by, its HUGE engines suck up and kill fish … in short a great and easy breakfast for eagles. Using the ship web site monitor for Duluth, I will check my hypothesis over the coming mornings.

The Winners! Ice Lords (and Ladies)
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Day 297 and 298: The Ducks of Duluth

Year 1,

Now that all the inland lakes and rivers are iced over, the Duluth harbor is seeing more duck activity. As you can see from both photos, the waterfront is both a beautiful but cold place to hang out!

Day 297: Sunrise Mallards (with a waterspout and sea smoke)
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Day 298: Common Goldeneye amongst the ice flows.
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