If you are just joining us, this post is part of our Christmas Card series. Last year, we decided to match Pete’s photographs with favorite carols and make our Christmas cards by hand. This is the Little Cedar Spirit Tree, revered by the Ojibwe, on our beloved Minnesota North Shore. We were fortunate to be [...]
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A BIRD IN THE HAND
The huge bird counts that lured us to Hawk Ridge are no more. An east wind blows all weekend, pushing the migrants’ highway further inland from Lake Superior. Still, birders galore flock to the main overlook at Hawk Ridge, and the raw weather does not stop the banding program. We all sit in the cold, [...]
HAWK RIDGE MIGRATION
Today Pete forwarded an email that contained an unimaginable raptor observation count for Hawk Ridge in Duluth: Day’s Count: 22419 Month Total: 27714 Season Total: 28381 Species sighted were: Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, and Swainson’s Hawk. Total [...]
MUNISING – A FINE FOREVER
If Grand Island is the head, and Munising‘s deep water harbor is the neck, then Munising itself is a rough-hewn, semi-precious necklace on a leathery cord. From wherever you might be along its grid of tree-named streets, your eye is drawn beyond the pretty face of its anchorage to the Big Water beyond. Nestled against [...]
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Peter and Betsy Wuebker are location-independent professionals who share what they know about travel, simplicity and integrating work with life. 