KOM departed Duluth 04/16/2015

The ocean freighter KOM departed Duluth at 19:00 today

KOM

Alpena and Great Lakes Trader arrived Duluth 4/16/2015

Alpena

Alpena and Great Lakes Trader arrived at noon today

Great Lakes Trader

Philip R Clarke arrived Duluth 04/16/2015

Philip R Clarke arrived Duluth at 10:00 this morning.

Paul R Tregurtha arrived Duluth 04/16/2015

The 1000ft Paul R Tregurtha arrived Duluth this morning at 09:30

The Loons have returned

With the tree frogs croaking in the swamps, the loons returned to the Northland to join in the chorus.
I took this photo this evening on Caribou Lake this evening, three days after the ice went out.

Common Loon - Caribou Lake north of Duluth