Tag Archives: WI North: Superior Entry

Oh Them Juveniles!

October 6, 2015Year 2MN North: Amity, WI North: Superior Entryrichardhoeg@gmail.com

Over the past few days I have found some neat birds, but they are all juveniles. Ugh. Identification can be difficult. What is a birder to do?! First year birds often look nothing like their parents, male or female. While two bird species were somewhat easy to identify, the experts can not agree on my plover … “black bellied” or “American golden” … only its hairdresser knows! (actually asked some experts from the local college … no agreement on the plover)

American Golden or Black Bellied Plover (juvenile)

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Red-Bellied Woodpecker (juvenile)

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Hooded Mergansers (juvenile)

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Oh yes … I’m still out photographing the Northern Lights. Two photos from Saturday night on Boulder Lake, one during moonrise.

Day 310: Two Hikes … Two Birds

November 30, 2014Year 1MN North: Knife River, WI North: Superior Entryrichardhoeg@gmail.com

My morning hike took me down into the Knife River Ravine on the North Shore of Lake Superior. This ravine has old growth pines, with some dead trees. In short, great habitat for pileated woodpeckers. Shortly after arriving I heard the whack whack whack above me, and a few minutes of patience yielded today’s woodpecker photo.

In the afternoon I hiked out to the Superior Entry with my wife, son and his fiancee. Given all inland lakes and the harbor itself are now ice over, we found hundreds of goldeneyes in the channel to the open lake. Understanding how skittish goldeneyes are, I waited and soon walkers on the other side of the channel came to close and we had liftoff!

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Pileated Woodpecker

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Goldeneye Takeoff

Lighthouse Bird Photography

May 7, 2014BackgroundWI North: Superior Entryrichardhoeg@gmail.com

Without intending to create a sub-theme for this project, one has evolved on its own … lighthouse bird photography! The combination of birds, lighthouses and Lake Superior appears to be something I can not resist!

My wife and I hiked out to the Superior Entry Breakwater (six mile hike) today. Of course this meant a new lighthouse photographic opportunity. Even though the calendar says we are now well into the month of May, Lake Superior said otherwise! Between the ever present lake ice which has not yet melted, 30mph winds and a +37F temperature it was COLD while I took these picture. It was worth every freezing moment. Hope you enjoy today’s lighthouse photographs. The first picture has a bird! In addition, you may use this link to review all my lighthouse photographs and blog entries made during this project (gets updated)

As of today, I now have photographs of birds with the following lighthouses: Duluth Canal Park (all three lighthouses), Superior Entry Lighthouse, and the Two Harbors Breakwater Lighthouse!