While most of the time I roam the region in search of birds, some days it is nice to just be home bound. I live right across the street from Amity Creek, and my yard is on the edge of a forest. Thus, I had fun taking these photos today!
Downy … Meet Hairy (size difference between downy and hairy woodpeckers)
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A whole lot of hole inspection going on! (white breasted nuthatch)
I asked some friends which photo and bird should be “bird of the day”, and resounding vote was in favor of Clarence the Cross-Eyed Eagle. Thus, bowing to popular demand I bring you today’s bird … America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle!
Clarence the Cross-Eyed Eagle (taken near McQuade Harbor on Lake Superior)
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The other entries!
My thanks to Pastor Greg who phoned to let me know a pair of Common Eiders were hanging out near his home on Lake Superior. The last known sighting of Common Eiders in Minnesota was over 50 years ago. They are more common in Siberia and the Canadian Arctic, and as long as Hudson Bay stays free of ice, that’s one place they winter.
