Monthly Archives: June 2015

The Lazarus Camera! Great Blue Heron Food Fight!

Year 2

The Lazarus Camera! Those of you who saw my post yesterday afternoon will appreciate the title. The rice did the trick!

Parents, ever had a day like the one experienced by this Great Blue Heron?! The kids show no table manners and fight over food!

This morning I hiked in to a Great Blue Heron Rookery. Unlike yesterday, I did not get caught in a downpour / thunderstorm. I did hike through underbrush, wade through knee deep water, and ultimately picking a number of woodticks off me, but it was worth it! The swamp / marsh is a great place this time of year … just be prepared for bugs!

Food Fight!
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And the Winner!
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The Scene!
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Patiently Waiting for Mom or Dad
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Meanwhile elsewhere in the swamp … an Osprey and Ring Necked Ducks
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The Last Photo! Drenched! Harry Times Two!

Year 2

Last photo with this camera??? Hairy Woodpeckers x2 … the young birds are fledged.

I got caught in a huge thunderstorm while out hiking this afternoon. For 30 minutes I cowered deep in dense undergrowth and tryed to keep my camera dry. Ultimately I failed. Both the camera and I got drenched. After a hot shower I am now warm and dry; but the camera two hours later is doing strange things. My Canon SX60 turns on whenever it desires and gives me a non stop busy mode; in short it does not work.

I just ordered another camera via Amazon Prime. Hope I will be able to return the new camera, but research via the web seems to indicate my Canon SX60 is toast. I ordered a the slightly older SX50 refurbished model as a money saving mode.

My better half just told me (and I agree) that I have a very understanding wife. I have a very nasty habit of wrecking one camera per year … drop on ice … get caught in downpours … whatever.

Just fledged Hairy Woodpeckers
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Six Minutes in Paradise!

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These two images were taken six minutes apart at dawn this morning on the North Shore of Lake Superior … just before dawn and at the moment of sunrise. It is a special time to be outside, which was 5:15 am this morning!

After my lupine photo shoot, I worked my way back down the shore towards Duluth, and my home. As you see, photographic opportunities continued!

Lupines at Dawn (images taken six minutes apart)
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I See You!
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Mallard Family Sunrise
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