Closing Up the School Year

This is the last week of the school year and we are still in the midst of a spring to summer transition. 

Flowers are just opening up the past couple weeks. 

Lots of foggy mornings. This was from the Superior View Hike overlook as we watched the fog roll in off the lake. On these days you can tell where the lake is because it's entirely covered by fog, but you can't tell where lake meets sky. 

Thistle being the most adorable I've ever seen him. 

Chup being the beautiful falcon I'm in love with. 

To celebrate our last weekend together we went camping! Because it was rainy and gross we decided to camp in the Science Center. 

I love the look of all the ferns unrolling to soak up the sun. 

Went on a hike on part of the Superior Hiking Trail ad saw Sawmill creek further upstream from Wolf Ridge. 

I was captivated by these droopy but bright wildflowers

I thought this squirrel looked like it was floating. 

This is one of the overlooks on Section 13 of the SHT.

I learned that my camera does panoramics....

...so that was fun to try out. 

Someone did a hummingbird banding seminar for us which was amazing. It's a special licence separate from  regular bird banding. In this picture she has it rolled up in a little burrito to weigh it. 

Before releasing them she would feed them a little sugar water. We learned that sugar water and nectar is just like gogo juice for them and that their main diet consists of spiders. 

The trap to catch them. 

You had to be very patient and make sure it was involved in drinking before dropping the net. 

Then carefully grab it to put in a bag for banding. 

I'm very busy packing right now. I'm packing for a trip to Isle Royale, a trip to Texas, and a move to the other hallway for the summer. I start my new job at Bluefin Bay Resorts on the 18th and I'm very excited!