Travel Day

   We did not do a lot of birding today. Today was a travel day. We went from Ironwood, Michigan through Ottawa National Forest to the southeast corner of the Upper Peninsula. This will set up further birding.

   We saw a huge Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) flying across the road. We saw a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) munching on the carcass of a deer. We saw several English Sparrows (Passer domesticus) dusting themselves in a pile of dust here in Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Berry will present some photographs we have taken along the way. Hope you enjoy them.

Robert

This is Lake Superior as seen across Marquette Bay. It was Memorial Day and was raining and rather cold.

We saw this Ring Billed Gull at the breakwater at Presque Isle Bay. The word 'presque' is a French word meaning "almost, or not quite"... So Presque Isle is almost, but not quite an island.

Mr. and Mrs. Common Merganser were spotted relaxing in the sun as we approached a Lighthouse. On the walk across the breakwater, I thought Robert was going to fall into the icy waters of Lake Superior, trying to rescue his sunglasses that had fallen off.

How many birds can I see if I cannot "stop, stand, or park"?

I am not normally a morning person, but Canyon Falls was beautiful, even at the unreasonable hour of 8:00am.

I took this picture of a woodpecker hole because Robert was walking very slowly and I got bored.

This was the 0.5 mile path to the summit of Porcupine Mountain. It was steep, so this time both Robert and I were walking very slowly.

We have seen a lot of deer. Fortunately for them, neither of us is a hunter. I hope in the coming week that we will see a moose and/or a bear in addition to lots more birds.

Berry

photos courtesy of bshelton