This August I had
some vacation time with the family and I spent it in Northern Wisconsin at the
family cottage.
Most of the trip was
rather quiet since the weather was cloudy and cool. The temperatures were a nice change from the heat of St.
Louis. Even with the weather the
way it was I still managed to get a few very nice photos that I would like to
share here.
My most favorite
photo was from a trip to Whitefish Lake in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. It is a very nice hike
through the woods to the lake.
Birds were rather quiet except for a Barred Owl my Dad called in. We took lots of photos on the walk,
mainly of mushrooms and toads.
Once at the lake I wandered around a little. I happened to look over and suddenly found this adorable
Chipmunk sitting in a cavity of a tree base. At one point it was almost like he was posing for the photo,
so of course I took a few photos of this adorable little guy.
The next two photos
I want to share go together; I took these the last morning at the cottage. It was a very brisk 39 degrees out, so
the lake was all foggy. I walked
down to the lower deck and started to take photos of the lake when over towards
my cousin’s dock I heard a commotion in the water. I looked and saw a Bald Eagle fly up from the water and land
on the dock with a good size fish.
It sat for a few moments then walked down the dock with the fish clasped
in its foot.
I took a ton of
photos of the eagle and of course of the beautiful fog. If you look closely at the photo with
the fog on the lake you will see a dot on the dock and that is the eagle. Of course I have also included a closer
photo of the eagle on the dock.
The last photo I
would like to include is one that brings up the feeling of complete
relaxation. One day we actually
had very nice weather and the temperature actually made it to 84 degrees. That evening the sunset over the lake
was just gorgeous. I took several
shots then backed up and took the sunset with our chairs and tables in the
photos and I just get this overall feel of relaxing peace.
I hope everyone
enjoys these photos. It was hard
to pick just a few. I took so many
photos that it was hard to choose, but these were a few of my favorites.
Submitted by Cathy
Spahn, World Bird Sanctuary Naturalist
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