Northern Wisconsin

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