tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10795495333265916322024-03-04T22:12:39.380-08:00Forest Fire PhotographyGWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-2946177437027769722016-04-11T21:15:00.000-07:002016-04-11T21:15:36.420-07:00Blue Ridge BirdsI went to a conference in Asheville, NC and took lots of pictures of course.<br />
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From the third floor of the hotel with my phone<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain over the Blue Ridge Mountains</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clear skies and blue haze</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Partly cloudy with awesome blue skies.</td></tr>
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I stepped out of the hotel the first morning and was greeted with song! So I went back in and grabbed my camera.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Northern Mockingbird was at the tip top of a 60-ft tree in bloom, singing his heart out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair of Tufted Titmice were busy collecting materials for nesting</td></tr>
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On the University of North Carolina-Asheville campus, everything was in bloom and buzzing.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-74200634095205337912016-04-05T18:01:00.000-07:002016-04-09T18:03:49.168-07:00Eagles on Caribou Lake RdThe spring melt uncovered a roadkill deer and the ravens and bald eagles have been on clean up duty.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-25374619364244392482016-03-01T09:43:00.000-08:002016-03-03T09:45:38.989-08:00Feathered feedersA feeder I frequently take pictures at has been empty most of the winter due to a pine squirrel. Feeding the squirrel is not the problem, just the damage done by the squirrel in the proximity of the feeders. Recently the feeders were filled and the chickadees immediately returned. As did the squirrel. Within a few days I heard the distinct nuthatch call. I waited patiently and watched. Soon a red-breasted nuthatch zoomed in to a perch, paused, jumped to the feeder, grabbed a sunflower seed, and flew off. This sequence repeated over and over, affording a window of less than one second each time to snap a photo. The pic could be better but the morning light was not strong yet. The chickadees were more compliant. <br />
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GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-26373814337066894172016-02-23T21:36:00.000-08:002016-02-23T21:36:58.213-08:00JuvenilesA fresh deer carcass often brings in a few bald eagles. Typically around this particular area are two adults and a juvenile. Today it was the a fore mentioned juvenile and maybe a younger brother?<br />
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GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-3685820335317166932016-01-04T21:00:00.000-08:002016-01-05T21:04:37.406-08:00Ducks in the ParkLots of ducks chillin' in Canal park<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-46379887872396898062016-01-04T20:36:00.000-08:002016-01-05T20:47:24.142-08:00Ya don't ThayerIn addition to the Ivory Gull, another Arctic visitor in Canal Park was a Thayer's Gull.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-35349801699194053332016-01-04T13:36:00.001-08:002016-01-04T13:36:42.281-08:00Arctic IvoryAn Ivory Gull has been visiting Canal Park in Duluth the past few days and has the local birders excited. Also a not-so-local fellow from Germany. This bird is not often seen south of its high Arctic home.<br />
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The bird had been seen the two previous days so I decided to go look myself. I arrived in Canal Park around 9am and the bird was easy spot as there was a crowd gathered to watch and photo. Lured with offerings of perch, salmon, and tuna, the gull remained in close proximity to its viewers. Amusingly, it moved close enough a few photographers with long, large lenses had to back up to stay in focus.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-90303136029175934422015-09-23T10:30:00.001-07:002015-09-23T10:30:31.603-07:00Bluebird morningI suspected the bluebirds I saw earlier were locals, so I have kept an eye open at the same location. I spotted one of the bluebirds this morning sitting on a fence and looking for lunch. Under this morning's clouds I needed to get closer for a good shot. I snuck up and I got a number of pics in before he dove to the ground, grabbed a worm, and flew off.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-41009107156226182652015-09-22T19:50:00.000-07:002015-09-22T19:50:36.408-07:00Long tale, short tale, no tailI saw lots of small birds today driving home. Seemed to all be white-throated sparrows and yellow-rumped warblers. Found a few flowers still blooming this third week of September. Oh, and squirrel with no tail!<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-31304955562053449312015-09-17T18:43:00.004-07:002015-09-17T18:43:50.773-07:00The Bluebird FiascoFirst Bluebird I have seen in Minnesota! I was driving on Howard Gnesen past the cemetery this late afternoon and notice something different about the two birds sitting on the fence. I turned around and upon re-approach they flitted into the cemetery flashing their colors. Bluebirds?! I scrambled for my camera which had on the wrong lens. I swapped lenses and pulled up to shoot...NO CARD! I left it in my computer! I fumbled around for the backup card in my camera bag, slide it in, and get a few quick shots before they take off over the headstones. Then I notice my ISO is set at a grainy 3200 from my previous shoot. Not on my game today, but I still got the pics.<br />
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GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-26486114194776896862015-09-09T11:45:00.000-07:002015-09-09T11:45:19.017-07:00Fall migrations have startedA little variety for my drive to work today. A Broad-winged hawk in Duluth near Homecroft School.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-77228705358840871872015-06-23T08:22:00.000-07:002015-06-23T08:22:02.700-07:00Midsummer Magnetic MistralIncredible northern lights last night. The show was so dynamic and fast with pulsing and dancing, I was having a hard time doing it any justice with long exposures. I cranked up the ISO and took a series of 175, 1-sec exposures and made a time lapse video in effort to show how energetic the storm was. <br />
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Early in the evening, a male Pileated woodpecker visited by suet block. Given the warm temperatures lately, the suet was quite soft and he got it all over his bill. He proceeded to shake his head and scratch his bill with his feet in effort to clean up.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-87746890041309974582015-06-08T20:15:00.002-07:002015-06-08T20:15:57.767-07:00Knife River EagleDriving back from Two Harbors on Hwy 61 near the Knife River, I spied something very large in a tree being harassed by a crow. Must be a bird of prey! Turns out it was bald eagle. I swung the car around and took a few pics before he decided to take off.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-15770077409648378722015-06-08T16:20:00.001-07:002015-06-08T16:22:33.924-07:00Forest Fire from afarForest fires burning in Canada have sent smoke for a long ride to the skies over Duluth. This with some humidity caused a heavy haze that turned the sun an orange-red color. It also provided a filter to reduce the light intensity of the sun and I was able to get some shots of the current sunspots. <br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-11273120971485260772015-06-05T20:36:00.000-07:002015-06-06T20:39:19.436-07:00Grossly suprisedI was taking pictures of hummingbirds and had my fill so jumped back in my car. Then a new bird arrived, a male red-breasted grosbeak! Soon followed by his mate!<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-29933200481434398432015-06-05T20:25:00.000-07:002015-06-07T20:26:06.721-07:00Turtle and leechFound my first painted turtle of the season after having crossed Munger Shaw Rd. I grabbed him out of the grass and showed the kids. He had a leech stuck to the back of his shell. Then some other bloodsuckers tried to get me. I had a wood tick crawling up my arm and my leg. <br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-37962009343278024162015-06-05T20:18:00.000-07:002015-06-07T20:18:53.061-07:00Duluth Superior FogThere is pea soup fog. And then there is Duluth Superior Fog. <br />
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The view from Hawk Ridge as the fog moves in off Lake Superior<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-21592288558203331882015-06-04T19:07:00.000-07:002015-06-04T19:08:36.240-07:00Finally!One of my goals this spring was to photo a Cedar Waxwing. There are three flowering crab trees outside by building on the UMD campus that I have seen large flocks of waxwings in the past, but I have not caught sight of them in a few years. They are usually only around for a day or two and then move on. I have been watching the trees all spring and today, finally, there was two in one of the trees. One stuck around for a bit and I got a few shots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cedar Waxwing in a flowering crab tree</td></tr>
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-52101348270908109432015-06-03T21:21:00.001-07:002015-06-03T21:21:46.633-07:00Humming with your tongue outThis female ruby-throated hummingbird wasn't so keen on my snapping pictures of her...so she stuck her tongue out at me.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-52350465473641640282015-06-02T09:55:00.000-07:002015-06-03T09:55:48.273-07:00A halo as I hurried homeA thin veil of icy clouds in front of the sun helped display a solar halo this afternoon as I was driving home and was near Pike Lake. Later in the evening, there was a light corona around the full moon. <br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-1733149150881899532015-06-02T09:45:00.000-07:002015-06-17T08:54:42.074-07:00House of birdsWalking around the UMD campus I spotted some House Finches visiting a bird feeder hanging outside of a faculty member's office window. From there I was too far away for a decent photo, but I was able to stalk the birds back to their nest under the student dinning center. Their nest was situated on top of the anti-pigeon spikes. There I also found a House Sparrow nesting in an old swallow nest suspended under the building. And a pigeon nest on top of the anti-pigeon spikes, with a couple young pigeons peeking out.<br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-62454762259570444042015-06-02T09:23:00.000-07:002015-06-03T12:38:29.475-07:00A Ducky DayA hen mallard and her five ducklings were enjoying the wild rice pond on the UMD campus. The ducklings were very active chasing bugs across the surface of the pond. They have some good speed! When no bugs were to be seen, they would dive under the surface. The mama hen kept close watch and continuously voiced a low quack to keep the duckling within hearing range. If one ventured too far--or I got too close--the hen would let out a louder and slightly different tone and the duckling would quickly paddle closer to her. <br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-31048082461928973522015-05-28T21:08:00.000-07:002015-05-28T21:08:33.237-07:00River dayVisited the mouth of the Lester River this morning. The 47 degree breeze off Lake Superior was quite a bit chillier than the 80 degrees we saw yesterday. I sought refuge in the high-banked river bottom behind the Superior St bridge. Four mallards were foraging the river and several female American Redstarts were darting from tree to tree across the water. <br />
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<br />GWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781301087766692427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079549533326591632.post-12233722958035165242015-05-27T08:08:00.000-07:002015-05-27T14:43:47.842-07:00Chick-a-dee-dee-dee!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Started this morning by spotting the first fawn of the season. Tiny with wobbly legs crossing the road behind its mom. Then the chickadees and a pine squirrel were friendly and let me get within minimum focal distance off my 300mm lens. A female ruby-throated hummingbird visited but didn't like how close I was. Several blue jays hopped in the trees above, making an interesting variety of calls. An unknown flycatcher sang me a song. Later on the drive to work, I spotted an osprey building a nest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Black-capped Chickadee</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pine Squirrel nervous about how close I am.</td></tr>
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