Shortly after dawn I headed down to the mouth of the Lester River where is flows into Lake Superior. As usual, one of my favorite birding spots did not disappoint. From 5:30 to 7:30 am I watched this flock of mergansers and assorted other birds. The mergansers where anything but “common”!

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The parade of common mergansers begins!

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Morning reflections

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Aerial view!

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The peanut gallery!

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Cedar-waxwing

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Here’s flapping my wings at you, kid!

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Squawking … move … now!

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Morning preen

I had thought the migration of birds through northern Minnesota was complete, but I was wrong. This morning I discovered a small flock of Semipalmated-Plovers at the mouth of the Lester River. It was almost hard to believe that our weather of fog, rain and 45F could be considered warm, but these plovers thought the gravel bar at the mouth of a river on Lake Superior was the perfect resting / eating spot on their trip up north. Ultimately these birds will end up on the northern shores of the Arctic Ocean in Canada.

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Semipalmated Plovers

Living by Lake Superior is sweet. Even though we are having thunder storms all day, a temporary break in the weather shortly after dawn allowed me to pop down to Brighton Beach and catch these seagulls with my camera!

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