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

Grouse tracks and deer signs

Even though snow on the ground has played tricks on our eyes telling us winter is still here, the wildlife seem to be telling us differently. Wildlife are on the move. We found lots of wildlife tracks in the wet, slippery snow yesterday, including deer and grouse tracks.

Grouse tracks. Easy to tell because grouse have three distinct front digits. They really are funny tracks to find in the snow

A deer bed

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.