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Words & photos by Scott Parent
Halfmoon Island isprobably themost isolated landfall inall of LakeHuron.
Aboutmidwayalong the
Chi-Cheemaun
ferry route, but far to thenortheast
of it,Halfmoon isasliver ofwave-swept rockopen to the full forceof thefierce
prevailingwesterlies. Long-haul SUPadventurer andphotogScott Parent
paddledhisBluWaveCatalina 14’SUP there last summer and returnedwith
some rarewildlife captures.—Ed.
Our encounter with the resident bald eagles of Halfmoon island was
a gold experience enabled by our curiosity of the unknown, and our
willingness tomake the effort to get there and back. Our campsite
selection on the island was rather forced by hand when we discovered
at least three varieties of poison ivy besieging the tiny rock. We pitched
where we landed and awoke at sunrise to the discovery of unknown
night watchers perched directly outside their nest above us. These two
juvenile bald eagles were likely instructed by their parents to stay close
to the nest.
BACK
YARD
PHOTOGRAPHINGBALDEAGLES INTHISREMOTEHABITATTAKESSERIOUSPADDLEWORK,EARLYMORNINGS,
ANDABITOFSERENDIPITY
EAGLESOFHALFMOON ISLAND
