The migration is now in full force along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Whether a duck or a hawk, diving for food is a common task! These sequence of photos show both a Redhead and American Kestrel (Sparrow Hawk) in the act of diving.
Redhead Diving
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Sparrow Hawk Diving
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Sparrow Hawk Preening Poses
Yesterday morning I went out biking in the drizzle / fog. It made for a nice cool ride, but not great photographic conditions. Near McQuade Harbor I noticed some ducks that looked unusual out on Lake Superior. Getting off my bicycle for a closer inspection, I realized the birds were Long-Tailed Ducks (Cornell Ornithology Link)! Normally these ducks should be up in the northern reaches of Hudson Bay, but today this flock was 200 yards off shore on Lake Superior!
I asked some friends which photo and bird should be “bird of the day”, and resounding vote was in favor of Clarence the Cross-Eyed Eagle. Thus, bowing to popular demand I bring you today’s bird … America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle!
Clarence the Cross-Eyed Eagle (taken near McQuade Harbor on Lake Superior)
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