Wide shot of deciduous trees with naked branches full of heron's nests silhouetted by a sky of blue with white streaky clouds and a slightly watery weak winter sun shining through with stark and high contrast light

Nobodies home at local heron colony. Can't wait to see them with branches in their beaks rebuilding their nests in spring in anticipation of new life, like small pterodactyls flying overhead.

#heron #spring #birdsnest #nature #eastcoastkin #photography #birds #portmoody #Shorelinetrail #wintersun

Lunch at Beaver Lake I happened upon this secluded spot off a secluded trail and enjoyed a lunch with the ducks (not shown). Beaver Basin Wilderness, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

#BeaverLake in #BeaverBasin #Wilderness, #PicturedRocks #NationalLakeshore, #UpperPeninsula, #Michigan.

Everyone I met #backpacking stayed on the #ShorelineTrail, so exploring inland trails provided "outstanding opportunities for solitude" per #WildernessAct.

#photography #nature
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Cove Part of the "Coves" stretch of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

The western parts of the #ShorelineTrail include the #Coves section, with some views from above and some steep up-and-downs.

#NorthCountryTrail #PicturedRocks #UpperPeninsula #photography #nationalparks #Michigan #LakeSuperior #GreatLakes #backpacking

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