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Ancient Stump
Dear Friends, this looks like a wooden stump and 60 million years ago, it was wood, now it is stone, Petrified wooden stump in the badlands of North Dakota, on a hot and sunny day. At a certain elevation in the badlands, these stumps appear as a remnant of an ancient tropical ecosystem. til Tomorrow MJ
Golden Eye
Dear Friends, this golden eye duck was in the Canal at Duluth Minnesota, they are diving ducks and probably are after mussels similar to the Eider. I love the standing wave in front of him shows that he was swimming very fast and his water drip says he just came up from a dive into the waters of the canal . The water is icy so I am glad to stand on the ground, til Tomorrow MJ
Another Snowy
Dear Friends, been out chasing the birdies that have stayed this winter or have arrived from the north, NW Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota is their south for the winter. This Snowy Owl is perched on a light stand near the Walmart in Superior but one of my friends, doesn’t like owls on a post, so i edited it out 🙂 . I love the eyes. til Tomrrow MJ
Eider eider eider
Dear Friends, this Eider duck (female) is hanging out with the mallards, pintails and gulls in the shipping canal of Duluth harbor. What is she doing here, she doesn’t eat french fries, cheetos or bread that people are throwing out on the water, she eats mussels, swallowing them whole and sitting out while her crop crushes the shells and digests the contents. Maybe the influx of zebra mussels into Lake Superior is attracting the mussel eaters, cause the golden eyed ducks are also active at this site. til Tomorrow MJ
Pintail on Ice
Dear Friends, this northern pintail duck (male) was hidden in among many mallards in the canal of Duluth on Wednesday, lots of broken ice was also floating through the canal and i made this image. I love his detailed feathers on the side. til Tomorrow MJ
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Dear Friends, a friendly red bellied female wood pecker was busy at the bird feeders, hope you like the bokeh background til Tomorrow MJ
Wingspans
Dear Friends, these Sandhill Cranes have left our country and we are ice-locked with a snow covering. I want to go south too, but alas, i am grounded, til Tomorrow MJ
Favorite Life Bird-Garganey Duck
Dear Friends, this garganey duck is rarely found in this area, Crex Meadows Wildllife Refuge in June 2014, Northwestern Wisconsin, hanging out with some Blue Wing Teal. Think he was lost. but enjoy til Tomorrow MJ
Bald Eagles
Dear Friends, just a couple of eagles hanging around on a windy day, drove all day and this is all i could find in Crex Meadows. Ready to go further north now that the bird feeders are taken down, they know how to attract birds in the winter up in Sax Zim Bog, take a lesson Crex til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 