My goal this morning was to move the Greenwood Bird Feeders. Over the past month there had been very little bird action near the abandoned railroad tracks immediately south of the burn area. I moved the feeders about four miles south near the Greenwood Creek Boreal Bog. Learn more … see images of the new location … get the new GPS Coordinates and see a map.
My trip 60 miles north of Duluth was into the Ice Fog. I took these two pictures on the Langley River Forest Road (built in the 1930’s by the Civilian Conservation Corps)
Finally quite a few people have asked me where the Cook Bog is located. You will never find this “place name” on a map, but here is a description: The Cook Bog is Boreal Forest Bog Habitat east and west of Cook, Minnesota. Some key roads include Hwy #22 going west from US #53, Johnson Road (#48) going east from US #53 just south of Cook, and Mn #73 which is a north / south road a bit west of Cook. Just like in Sax-Zim Bog, these roads will not be 100% Boreal Forest Bog. A person will need to learn Bog forest habitat and focus on those regions. Please understand many other back roads are worth exploring. You will NOT find “Cook Bog” on any map. In general this area is 45 to 60 minutes north of Sax-Zim Bog.
And here is a link to the Florida Owls! https://www.floridacrystals.com/meet-amazing-florida-crystals-owls
A little take on Aesop’s “A Country Mouse and a Town Mouse”? 365’s forays into the bogs of northern Minnesota to track down “country” owls provide quite a contrast to Flaco the escapee “town” owl from NYC Central Park Zoo who is enjoying his freedom for the last year on the island of Manhattan. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/05/flaco-owl-central-park-nyc/72478617007/ Apparently he “spends his nights hooting atop water towers, and preying upon the city’s abundant rats” … which brings to mind an interesting solution to NYC’s rat problem.
Ray: Down in Southern Florida in the middle of the state on all the sugar plantations, the farmers put up many, many boxes to help Barn Owls nest. The end result is the Barn Owls have very much taken up residence on all the surrounding farms and have dramatically reduced the rodent problem … and loss of cane sugar!!! Perhaps NYC needs to get smart like Florida?!