Duluth’s Canal Park has the only open water between the harbor and the near waters of Lake Superior. All the recent cold meant lots of ice growth, which pushes diving ducks into the Canal. However, the sides of the ship canal are full of tasty zebra mussels … thus the Arctic Riviera’s largest bird feeder.
Enjoy these photos and videos of the feeding Goldeneyes.
The Movies!
I have been debating whether I should post about the horrors occurring here in my home state of Minnesota. The World is strange when a family in England beautifully captures in song the horrors occurring here in Minnesota. regardless … thank you Marsh Family … sung to the tune of the classic song, San Francisco. I never expected the federal government to invade my state with masked men.
Worth a listen and watch. The YouTube video is immediately below this screenshot (video link for email subscribers).
I am sorry if I lose subscribers because of this political post, but I can no longer stay silent. Polite comments w/o foul language from all sides of the political spectrum are allowed to this post. However, new individuals and their comments are moderated which can take me up to 24 hours. As a fyi, this is only the 2nd time out of 2,539 posts over 13 years where I have strayed from my core topics … birds, other wildlife and nature.
Answering the immortal question, do Moose eat sunflower seeds? Apparently the answer is “yes”, as a couple of Moose are raiding my Greenwood Birdfeeders in the middle of the night. Actually, give how Deer love birdseed this answer should not have surprised me. I googled my question to make certain, and Outdoor Life provided me a definitive yes in one of their articles. Anyhow … a trailcam pic from my now renamed … Moose Feeders.
Other mammals visiting my birdfeeders over the past two weeks include timber wolves, red fox, and a Canada Lynx. However, I think their visits are oriented towards preying upon the mice and voles that eat the seed spillage.
Birdfeeder Theft by Moose … the Movie! (video link for blog email subscribers)
Here is a trailcam pic of the lynx. As a fyi, most the mammals tend to visit either at night of during the last hour of daylight or within the first hour of sunrise.
And on the birding front … there are lots of Snowy Owls at the Superior Airport allowing close views (50 yards or less). Arrive about one hour before sunset on a non windy day and check out both the airport, the fairgrounds and Tower Avenue which borders a runway. There are at least three white owls! From Monday afternoon. This photo was taken from the Aldi Supermarket Parking Lot.
