Beautiful Spearhead Lake

Spearhead Lake on May 4, 2009. The lake was so incredibly calm I knew it was the perfect morning for kayaking!

A loon takes off from the early morning water

Happy Earth Day! Welcome back loons!

Hear the enchanting call of the loon as we hear it every morning!

We were impressed to find half the ice melted overnight yesterday, but even more surprised when we found our loon pair had returned!

We watched one of the loon pairs from our canoe

Come out whereever you are!

I’ve seen them in town and even an hour north of Bemidji.  Robins are back, but why haven’ t I seen any here yet? I am so anxious to hear their song, but more so to assure me spring is here and summer is on its way! Maybe there’s still too much snow around our place still. I’m always on the lookout!

Many have seen robins around - even months go! But we haven't seen any near the earth home! Lets hope we see one soon

Got anymore bird seed in there?

We have only two bird feeders. One is a thistle feeder and the other is a “squirrel-proof” feeder which we put black oil sunflower seeds in it. So far it has worked, but lately it seems the red squirrels have joined together to produce a plan to out-smart me.

We have a squirrel buster mini, which has opening is the bottom of the metal mesh allowing birds acess to the seed. When a squirrel climbs onto the feeder, its weight automatically forces teh shroud down, closing access to the seed tray.

These sneaky little red squirrels, however,  have managed to round up the tiniest red squirrel to go on the feeder so that its weight is not enough to push the outside ring down. We’re still not sure if this little red squirrel has managed to shove his face full of seeds, but he’s getting very close!

Our squirrel-proof feeder

We have a very curious red squirrel that has been peeking in our front windows, begging us to put out more bird seed.

The eagles claim their nest

Yesterday we went to see if the eagles were nesting. So far we hadn’t seen any activity on the nest and rarely did we see the eagles flying near it. When we came to the nest, we saw nothing, But we didn’t leave disappointed, as we saw the adult pair flying over spearhead lake. From the lake we could see the pair flying together over the southern edge. Suddenly, we saw another eagle, a juvenile, fly out of the woods about 100 yards from us and soar into the sky. We tried to get a close look, but it flew back into the woods, towards the eagle nest. Could this juvenile eagle be last year’s offspring from our nest? Do yearling eagles fly back to the same lake with mom and dad? I’ll have to do more research to find out.

A juvenile eagle flies over Spearhead Lake. A pair of adults, likely the juv eagle's parents, weren't too far away flying close to their nest.

The eagles are nesting. We had to stay our distance, as nesting adult eagles are very territorial. It is important to give nesting pairs space.