It often pays to photograph into the sun! This freighter was heading down to the lower lakes. The gulls were enjoying breakfast in its wake! After the gulls I found this momma merganser and her brood at Lester River.
Had limited time for birding because my Dad was in the hospital for an operation (all went fine). I did briefly get out early in the morning and later in the evening along the Lake Superior and St. Louis River waterfront that forms the Duluth harbor. The water did not let me down as a good place to get good quick bird photos.
Purple Lupines at Sunrise over Lake Superior
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Merganser in the Morning
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White-Breasted Nuthatch inspecting a pine tree cavity
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Red-Winged Blackbird on the St. Louis River
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Mourning Dove “literally” on the Western Waterfront Trail
Inquiring chicks want to know!!! It’s that time of year when the northern lakes become full of small fluffy hitchhikers. Be very wary of these cute interlopers! The common merganser photos were taken at the mouth of the Lester River shortly after dawn this morning. The loon photo is from two days ago on an inland northern Minnesota lake. (more loon chick photos).
Requesting permission to come aboard, Madam? Permission granted!
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There goes the neighborhood!
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Addendum: Least Sandpipers: These sandpipers should be nesting up near the Canadian Arctic right now. Instead they are enjoying Duluth’s cold Summer of 2014!
