Tag Archives: MN North: Duluth Harbor

Day 267: Sun Rise Glory!

Year 1

Yesterday I featured darkness, both the birds and the night. Today I was out before dawn, and the sunrise was glorious. In both photos you can observe Canadian Geese swimming near the two bridges. The location is the Duluth Harbor on the western tip of Lake Superior. The older span is the InterState Bridge (circa 1895) which the newer bridge is the High Bridge / Blatnik Bridge. I can remember taking a drive across this bridge the first day it opened in 1962 (??).

You may need to click and expand the photos to view the geese!  🙂

Interstate Bridge
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High Bridge / Blatnik Bridge and the Interstate Bridge
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Day 263 to 264: Final Fall Songbirds

Year 1,

The migration is almost over here in northern Minnesota. Not till late next April will we see the early migrants in the northwoods. One advantage in terms of bird photography during the fall migration is the songbirds arrive in our area famished from their journey. The practical result of this hunger is one may sometimes get closer to them than when they are well fed, and spook more easily.

Day 263: Slate Colored Junco
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Day 264: Yellow Rumped Warbler
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Days 155 to 156: Birds of Contrasting Color (photos)

Year 1,

Everyone likes to take photographs during the golden hour. The soft light provides the opportunity achieving top details with shadowing on one’s photographs. However, here in northern Minnesota during the summer, the sun rises around 5 am. Not everyone wants to get out of bed “before” dawn to arrive on a photo location by sunrise.

Here are three photos taken over the past two days. While the colors of the purple finch taken during the evening golden hour, the other two photographs utilize whites, browns, reflections and grays and still are interesting. Moral of the story, use what’s available and create some interesting pictures!

Day 155: Purple Finch during the Golden Hour
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Day 156: A Gull Study

Gull Rock and the Happy Hooker
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Killdeer and Friend!
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