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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.

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4 of a kind
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A pair
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A full house

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

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Joker

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

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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.

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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.

 

 

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