Showing posts with label Park Point. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Park Point. Show all posts

Friday, October 10, 2014

Audubon Autumn Birding Stroll

Early morning birding for migrants on the Park Point Trail. Bird list: Greater scaup, lesser scaup, horned grebe, bald eagle, merlin, brown creeper, ruby crowned kinglet, white throated sparrow, Lincoln's sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, pine siskin, red-breasted nuthatch, hermit thrush, yellow-rumped warbler, starling, junco, and chipmunk in a juniper tree! A big thanks to our guide Clinton!

Brown creeper

White-throated sparrow


Yello-rumped warbler

Sea smoke at Superior Entry Lighthouse

Lincoln's Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Hermit Thrush

White-throated sparrow

Brown creeper

White-throated sparrow

Roadside flower in some landscaping along Minnesota Ave


Lake Superior Sunrise

From Park Point Trail
Sunrise with sea smoke and glitter path.

Atmospheric effects distorting the sun's appearance. 

Lake of Fire!

Sunrise with sea smoke and glitter trail

Waning moon setting. Nice shadows in the craters on the bottom edge.