Tag Archives: MN North: Minnesota Point

Power Outage Birding

July 25, 2016Year 3MN North: Cloverland, MN North: Minnesota Point, Northern Lightsrichardhoeg@gmail.com

After four days w/o power, electricity finally returned yesterday to the Northland … including the heavens! Last night, although not a major dance by the Northern Lights, I captured my first even meteor in combination with the Aurora Borealis! The rest of my images were taken over the past few days. Even though we were without power, a true wildlife photographer finds the ability through strategic coffee shop visits to keep camera batteries charged. 🙂

Boulder Lake Aurora Borealis & Meteor!

Meadow Lark Chicks & Wildflowers

Red-Headed Woodpecker

Shorebirds on Park Point (Least Sandpipers & Lesser Yellowlegs)

Eastern Kingbird

Ten Hours of Lake Superior

July 20, 2016Year 3MN North: Brighton Beach, MN North: Minnesota Point, MN North: Stony Pointrichardhoeg@gmail.com

The full moon rose over Lake Superior yesterday evening just before sunset. Practicing my best lazy boy photography methods, even though I had researched many great places to photograph the full moon rising over Gitche Gumee within various 45 minute drives, I decided to just pop down to the shore of the big lake which is 800 yards from my house. This started nine hours of photography on Lake Superior! I found the Lesser Yellowlegs from their southern migration at 6:15 am which ended my ten hours!

The freighter, American Century, steams under the full moon ...

Morning Mergansers (sunrise at Stoney Point)

Lesser Yellowlegs on Minnesota Point (forms the Duluth / Superior harbor)

Winter Migration Starts Now! (July 17th: SemiPalmated Sandpiper Video)

July 17, 2016Year 3MN North: Minnesota Pointrichardhoeg@gmail.com

Let the winter migration begin!

Although it is only July 17th, when you’re a shorebird that breeds in the Arctic, and winters in South America, it makes sense to already be migrating! Video of SemiPalmated Sandpipers taken this morning. After any big rain the recreation fields at the end of Park Point in Duluth become muck flats / feeding grounds for migrating shore birds. Found a flock of SemiPalmated Sandpipers feeding this morning.