Sometimes when I go out birding, I fail to find many of my feathered friends, but I did come across a small pack of timber wolves this morning out of the St. Louis River Bay Ice! One is able to tell these are wolves by their “rounded ears”, and their head / body shape.

A Timber Wolf Looking at Me!

It’s buddy ran across the road right in front of me, and ran fast away from me

Some more images of the wolves … not sure makes for a very big pack

And these images definitely qualify for this months theme … lots of ice! #365Birds01White

Last night was a balmy 8F, and I am not being facetious! The key weather element  was the fact the wind was dead calm, and when one is standing completely in the wide open spaces of the harbor, this is what makes a difference. Thus, I decided heading down after dark to the Duluth Harbor for a photographic expedition that would include both ice and ships was just the ticket. I had  great time.

Duluth High Bridge (Blatnik Bridge) & Interstate Bridge (circa 1890)

Saltie Freighter / Ship Retko at the Port Terminal

It was a fantastic early morning on the big lake. Shortly after 6 am the most gorgeous Crescent Moon rose between the trees, and then shortly before 8 am the Burns Harbor (a ship which carries iron ore to the steel mills of Ohio and New York) opened this year’s shipping season. If you want to watch / listen to an amazing amount of Hooting and Tooting back and forth between the Ship, the Aerial Bridge, and the Tug which helped the Burns Harbor through the ice, skip forward to 2:05 of the video. The symphony of sounds lasts till the very end of the video (video link for email subscribers).

Crescent Moonrise

Burns Harbor