Everyone is busy after the long winter trying to get ready to raise a family. I found this black-capped chickadee out on Minnesota Point trying to pull some cotton (or fuzz) off the ground for its nest. The process was difficult!
Black-Capped Chickadee
Most people may not know that the robin they see quite often in their front yard, has a close cousin, the wood thrush. The two birds are closely related (Wikipedia article). This morning, while on my daily “photo hike”, this robin landed on this fence and almost demanded I take a photograph of it! I agreed and took the photo. The framing was too good to pass up! Later on, I saw this wood thrush deep in a thicket. I was lucky to get an unobstructed photo.
Robin
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Wood Thrush
Memorial Day Weekend is normally considered the traditional start of Summer in the northwoods. This year, life is a bit unusual as although temperatures reached the mid 80’s due to a southwest wind, ice still remains on Lake Superior (Weather Channel article)! My family owns a small cabin on Northstar Lake near the Canadian border. It has many great qualities, but a few things we love about are cabin are:
In Minnesota vernacular, even though we live in the far north relative to anyone else in the United States (Duluth, Minnesota), we still call heading to the cabin as going “Up North”. You may enjoy this free online magazine which has an “Up North” focus, and is even named, North.
However, given this blog is about birding and photography, here are this weekend’s photos. Hope you enjoy them as much as I had taking the pictures.
Saturday, May 24th: Day #122
Hartley Nature Center in Duluth – Chestnut-Sided Warbler
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Sunday, May 25th: Day # 123
NorthStar Lake: Common Loon
Big Fork River: Barn Swallow and Tree Swallow
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Monday, May 26th: Day # 124
NorthStar Lake: Eastern Kingbird & “Blue Hour” (30 minutes before dawn)
