Friends, just returned from up north as we say here when we venture northward, Lake Superior and the west shores are considered up north and highway 61 is north shore drive, altho it is along the west shore. I could not resist these giant icicles hanging from the boulders at Stony Point Beach. So I will share them with you, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this Great Blue Heron is the first that i have seen this spring, so technically maybe i can call it spring, He is strongly backlit, but you have to take what you get when you are very tired of snow and ice, this bird sighting really lifted my spirits yesterday, there is still snow but this little stream is open so he was searching for food. I pushed the image a bit in magnification so you could see his blue lores, black cap and two black pigtails streaming from the back of his cap, sorry for the complicated background, I think I am a little rusty, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends,blue jays are being very active around our house, they must be hungry as they appear at the suet feeder when we are not around, this jay was foraging in Crex Meadows, a wildlife refuge near our home. They are very noisy and demand attention where ever they go. The snow is melting and the roads are muddy but spring is slowly making its way north. So take a lesson today, make a little noise, til Tomorrow MJ
Mar 31
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Friends, a day in my life is sometimes a bit fictional, but i try to be in Crex at Sunrise when the Cranes are flying from their roost to the fields, I also like to do my WordPress blog, photograph some birdies, post-process some images with photoshop and last but certainly not the least, […]
Friends, this tiny bird is a red-breasted nuthatch, found around here in the winter months, they find their food in the bark of trees and in friendly bird feeders, they prefer the feeders with suet in them. Getting ready for the Easter holiday, Happy Easter to you who celebrate with us, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, raiding my archives from last spring, i found this hooded merganser who was grocery shopping in the open water, not much open water available yet, I must have been a surprise cause his crest is raised, today warmer weather is thawing the snow, sloooowly but surely, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, these Trumpeter Swans are waiting, patiently for the snow and ice to melt, I am not so patient, I go to the Meadows in expectation to find nothing new, bummer, maybe i will have to visit elsewhere to find some action, maybe the waves on Lake Superior will talk to me about spring, but last time i visited there, the waves were washing in the ice shards, sharp and glasslike panes, having family for Easter, so I guess cleaning house is the order of the day, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, getting desperate for new images, these milkweed pods were interesting but kind of drab in colors, but the snow made a great background, these pods are empty of the silk that emanates from them in the fall, now they are empty but a short stem remains, see the macro below to see what is left in the pods, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this small hawk is the Broadwing Hawk, one of several species that pass over Hawk Ridge in fall migration. I am practicing my black and white conversions, how do you like? til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this boy has found a birch tree to nibble on, he is a porcupine but his quills are not erect so you see his guard hairs on the surface of his coat, The quills are laying down and he is climbing up the tree to get away from me. Porkies are active in the winter but don’t get around very well in our deep snow, so tree climbing is a way of life. His quills are small compared to those of the African variety. til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 