Notes from Minnow Lake

[finnbay]

I live on Birch Lake. It's an incredibly beautiful body of water over 21 miles long and covering over 5000 acres. I haven't begun to tap the photo possibilities of it yet. But, there is another lake on the far side of my property, less than a five minute walk away that I haven't touched at all. I took a little recon walk late this afternoon and realize that I have to spend much more time exploring the gems this five acre pond has to offer.

On the way this fella gave me the raspberries:

Many types of tree cover including red maple just getting ready to leaf out:

At the lake itself were an incredible number or birds and animals. I took pix of herons, tree sparrows, mallards, a pileated and a couple I didn't identify, that didn't turn out well enough to post. I did get these:

There's a new beaver house about midway down the pond and I was able to get both an adult and a kit:

Lots of flora I don't see next to the big lake:

And on the way back this boy that slipped down off a log but stuck around long enough for me to grab a shot:

My goal is to get over to this photo paradise a lot more over the coming months. Hope to have many more Notes from Minnow Lake!

[MN Shutterbug]

Cool. Thanks for sharing a piece of your habitat. I envy you, especially this time of year.

[Steve Foss]

Great stuff, Ken! I did a little recon this afternoon myself after FedEx finally made its delivery from Canon.

[finnbay]

And???

[Steve Foss]

And it didn't suck too bad. Made it all the way down to the end of Tomahawk Road. Film at 11.

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Nice work. Sounds like you have a paradise around there!

[panthrcat]

you really did get an assortment of critters huh Ken?

your a lucky duck!!!!

great images!

[Birdsong]

You are a very fortunate man. Nice pictures, too!

[Jim Almquist]

What a great backyard Ken and thanks for sharing it with us.