Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Herring Gulls in Grand Marais, MN


The red  of the rocky shoreline with the blue of Lake Superior makes for some colorful land/seascapes ,  Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.


Herring Gull, Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.

A juvenile Herring Gull,  Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.
After we returned from our hike up Eagle Mt, the highest point in Minnesota, which is in the Boundary Waters National Canoe Wilderness, I decided to check out the marina in Grand Marais hoping to see some shore birds. Again, maybe it's too early in the year yet, but there wasn't much for migratory birds. I did see lots of Herring Gulls (Above) a few Mallards, and a pair of Common Mergansers (Below) in the water.

Either a female or juvenile male Common Merganser,  Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.



A Song Sparrow found a home in a small spit of forested land off the coast of lake Superior in  Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.
In a treeline on the shore, there were Common Crows and Song Sparrows (Above), but not much else.


Some artistic cairns dotted a section of the shoreline in  Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.

Another pic of the red/blue contrast of the rocky shoreline,  Grand Marais Harbor, MN, 8/10/2011.
Sunset of the Day
Another Lake Superior sunset from the Pictured Rocks National Shoreline, Upper Michigan; 5/25/2007.


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