The ice has finally melted on this end of Lake Superior (not on the south shore of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). Within the past week the leaves have finally started to appear, and some flowering trees are blooming. Down on Minnesota Point this morning I found a flock of cedar waxwings which were enjoying the new bounty!
Spring Has Sprung Cedar-Waxwings
I had thought the migration of birds through northern Minnesota was complete, but I was wrong. This morning I discovered a small flock of Semipalmated-Plovers at the mouth of the Lester River. It was almost hard to believe that our weather of fog, rain and 45F could be considered warm, but these plovers thought the gravel bar at the mouth of a river on Lake Superior was the perfect resting / eating spot on their trip up north. Ultimately these birds will end up on the northern shores of the Arctic Ocean in Canada.
Semipalmated Plovers
Living by Lake Superior is sweet. Even though we are having thunder storms all day, a temporary break in the weather shortly after dawn allowed me to pop down to Brighton Beach and catch these seagulls with my camera!
