Yesterday I went out birding after church … ignoring the heavy fog warnings. I wanted to pull three birdsong listening stations off the trails before the rains started once more. As with the day before, find a bit of open water and one fill find some waterfowl.

Canosia Wildlife Preserve … Small Lake
Hooded Mergansers

Soon the trails in the Duluth area will be snow and ice free, but such was not the case yesterday as I dealt with 1/2 foot of sloppy snow / slush.