refrIt’s a daily event for Liz Siivola to check out what’s happening at Calumet Lake and the Swedetown Ponds where she always gets photos of the wildlife at both places. Recently Liz had an unexpected sighting when she spotted a Bald Eagle perched in a tree, just surveying what was going on at Calumet Lake that day. She said it was intently watching the swans and geese on the lake, along with Liz and her dog on the trail, not moving from the dead tree as it sat there keeping an eye on everything and everyone.

The bottom two photos Liz snapped while checking out things at the Swedetown Pond. She said the photos of these Wood Ducks are taken from across the pond with just her cell phone camera, so that was the best she could do, but still fun to see them with their colorful plumage while they swam around the reeds in the pond. Their colorful markings stand out even from a distance like that. Nice spotting of both the Eagle and the ducks!

Now we’re going for a paddle on Lake Superior with Brian and Heather Outdoors. We’ll get a look at some great Superior scenery, Lake Superior Trout and Bald Eagles, too!
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Wow, magnificent Eagle photos! How cool that
it stayed perched as Liz and her dog passed by.
We have noticed along our Riverwalk, the Ospreys
and Eagles seem to be accustomed to humans and
often don’t take flight. Love the Wood Ducks too,
with their exotic plumage they are always a delight
to see! You may know that they nest in tree cavities
near water and will readily use nest boxes. But they
are also one of the few duck species equipped with
strong claws that can grip bark and perch on
branches. Mother Nature is eternally amazing :)

Hi
Excellent photos of the Bald Eagle and the Wood Ducks.
I've only seen a Wood Duck once. There used to be an
eagle nest in a Nature Conservancy preserve a few miles
up the coast from my cabin. However, someone built a
big vacation home right at the edge of the preserve.
The noise and disturbance of the construction evidently
disturbed the eagle and we no longer saw it.

BEAUTIFUL Eagle pictures....that HAD to be such a
thrill! I watched those Eagles that made such huge
news, I wasn't quite as enthused as some, but when
I did watch, holy wha, those are parents you don't
want to mess with!

Awesome video, and some nice catches...I'm addicted
to Discovering, and when the go deep in the lake,
they pull up some huge lunkers...are fish bigger as
you go deeper? These were nice fish caught on the
vid!

Wouldn't that last pic of the duck and the reeds make an absolutely wild jigsaw puzzle? Great photos, Liz!

Gorgeous pictures. When we lived in Minnesota, we
had to eagle's nests close to our house. It was fun
to see how many babies there'd be each year. And
George, I'm so bad at puzzles I'd never finish one
like that.

Very nice, especially
against that UP blue
sky.
Thanks for sharing!

George, yes I believe that duck photo would make a
dastardly good jigsaw puzzle! :)