The Well Dressed Birder at -13F (-25C)

Year 6

Northern Minnesota has some chilly weather right now. Saturday morning when I head up to Sax-Zim Bog to volunteer at the Welcome Center it should be -20F. However, this week the coldest temperature that Peter and I experience while birding was -13F (-25C). That leads to the question, what does the well dressed birder wear at these temperatures? After all, assuming the wind stays below 10 mph, we take hikes! Thus, as public service I made this picture / diagram! Cheers!

When it warmed up to 0F (-17.7C) we found these White-Winged Crossbills. It was a lifer for Peter (my birding buddy from Colorado), and rare for me.

In this photograph, you will find all three plumage colorations of White-Winged Crossbills (male, female & immature), and an impostor.

Finally, we also found a Snowy Owl, but shortly thereafter people found us. Oh well! 🙂

Sunset Snowy Owl

Year 6
This is how I define magic! Watching the sunset with a Snowy Owl in the Duluth area this evening. This Snowy Owl started to hunt as the sun went down. I was by myself on a road where nary a car drove by as the sun set.
Before the sky is pink, it is golden!

Lake Superior Winter Layup

Year 6

Winter Layup Starts! The last ship of the season, the laker (ore boat) Kaye E. Barker arrived overnight at the Fraser Shipyards in Superior (across the harbor from Duluth)

Click or press upon to get full effect of image … it was cold very early this morning!

A slightly different treatment of the same photograph.