Snow Birding

Eric tapped a few trees but it is too cold for them to flow.

tried to have a fire but the snow melted and put it out!

Lets go Birding!  so we went to Duluth Mn and the North Shore by Lake Superior for a short mid week break.

seen 3 new birds on Tuesday: snow buntings, boreal Chickadee and long tailed ducks.

boreal chickadee

did not get pics of the other two.

was looking for the Boreal Owl but found this one on the bridge in Duluth

hmmm  some kind of plastic owl..  don’t think we can count this one.

some  mallards and common golden eye ducks

while we were looking for birds in Two Harbors we seen some seals in the water!  wait we don’t have seals in Lake Superior must be surfer dudes!  sure enough, two of them surfing in the frigid water, air temp at 20 winds at 20 mph.

another surfer came just as we were leaving.  spent the night in Duluth, great places to eat and drink.  pool was filled with kids…  the hotel was booked full..  what the heck. spring break?

Duluth out our window in the morning.  temp 9 deg cold!

the ice breaker is out opening a path for the ships..

this guy has to love his job!

next to the:

found some brave people on fishing on the big lake.

this is the same water the surfer dudes were in yesterday,  they were back again today!

On to Gooseberry Falls for a bit more birding

a downey woodpecker                                   a red breasted nuthatch (new to us)

finally on to:

so beautiful.  we had a wonderful two days in Duluth area.  hope to go back again in a month or two..  too much to see and do!