British Soldiers - Lichens |
Traveling north, we stopped for a couple nights and stayed at Ida's sister's yard near Westfield. Ty did some yard work for her and walked the surrounding woods for interesting photo opportunities.
Red Oak Gall |
Pine River - Misty morning |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
We stayed three days in the Nicolet National Forest near Three Lakes to explore the roads looking for boreal birds and migrating warblers.
Cedar Waxwing |
Spider Web- dew at Dawn |
White Admiral Butterfly |
Scarlet & Green Leafhopper |
Vermilion Hygrophorus |
Spindle Corral |
Orange Fairy Cup |
Chocolate Lezites |
We stopped at Copper Falls State Park and walked the trails to the falls in the drizzly rain.
Merlin |
We then drove north to the Brule River and stopped at the Stone Bridge Canoe Landing.
Fly Agarie - Amanitas |
That night we spent at Pattison State Park and in the morning walked to the Manitou Falls in the rain.
White Rattlesnake Root |
Ovenbird |
Blue-headed Vireo |
Chipping Sparrow |
We then drove into Superior and the Northland RV Park where we would spend the next 17 nights. We are birding each day on Wisconsin Point looking for Arctic birds coming across Lake Superior heading to wintering grounds.
Snowshoe Hare |
13 Bald Eagles on the Wisconsin Point beach |
Immature Bald Eagle |
Parasitic Jaeger chases a Ring-billed Gull |
Ghost Wolf Spider |
Sanderling |
Rosehips |
Next blog will have the changing scenes from the lake.
Fall is in the air, and soon we will be traveling south with the birds.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann