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Nature, Photography, Wildlife

COLVILL BAY – Red Wing, MN #exploremn

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COLVILL BAY

After missing sunrise and quick drive down the lake and back I stopped in to Colvill Bay.  Per usual this time of year, there was a flurry of activity.  Ducks in the water and eagles flying overhead and perched in trees.

I was greeted right away by a mature eagle perched close by.  The snow was falling pretty good at this point; it sat there eye-balling the ducks below.

There were quite a few very active eagles there this morning.  As I was shooting, a poker theme emerged.

COLVILL BAY
4 of a kind
COLVILL BAY
A pair
COLVILL BAY
A full house

It was tough shooting with the steam rising off the water and snow falling from above.

COLVILL BAY
Joker

It is always interesting to see what variety of ducks will be in the bay.

Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Mergansers
Mergansers
Mallards
Mallard
Destination, Nature, Photography

PRE-SUNSRISE COLOR – Bay City, WI #presunrisecolor

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PRE-SUNRISE COLOR

There is nothing quite like the the palette of color nature displays prior to the sun rising above the horizon.  Pre-sunrise color can be quite spectacular; as was the case this morning.

Don’t forget to look all around before the sun comes up and the vivid color is gone.

pre-sunrise color
iPhone pano

Once the sun broke the horizon the pinks/reds disappeared; the blue and yellow became more defined.

Post-sunrise.

A constant stream of ducks doing flybys pre-sunrise; if you look close enough you can see them in one of the shots.  There were lots of geese honking.  A single pair a swans swam close by.  Two eagles chattered on and on in a nearby Cottonwood Tree.  What a great morning and start to the day.