Day 324: Sax-Zim Bog Gray Birds

Year 1

This winter I am working as a volunteer host at the Sax-Zim Bog Visitor Center. The Bog is the premier winter birding location for Boreal birds in the USA. The bog provides the opportunity to see birds which venture south from the frozen regions of northern Canada to Minnesota for their winter vacation in the warm south (i.e. northern Minnesota).

Before spending time at the visitor center, I went out birding myself and enjoyed watching a Great Gray Owl hunt, and a Gray Jay (Canada Jay) enjoy some suet.

Great Gray Owl
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Gray Jay (Canada Jay)
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Day 323: Hoar Frost Chickadee

Year 1

The weather man says the air temperature at 3,500 feet above ground is about 55F. Here at the surface the temperature is in the mid 20’s. As the moist air settles every night, hoar frost is formed!

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Days 321 & 322: Black and White in Living Color!

Year 1,

More than just us humans get tired occasionally with the fog, mist and clouds. From a photography perspective the challenge is low light, low color, and the need to raise ISO and Aperture levels to yield a quick enough shutter speed which accounts for how quickly birds tend to move. However, the ice, water and hoar frost is pretty! Sometimes the world seems devoid of color!

Day 321: Goldeneyes in the Duluth Harbor
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Day 322: Bald Eagle and Hoar Frost
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