I have four trailcams pointed at this small white pine, but only two actually captured images and videos of the lynx. This morning I reworked the cameras with new positions and points, but I have to make certain I do not touch spend much time touching the cameras. The  Canada Lynx hate my scent! (i.e. they attack my trailcams)

Scent Branch … The Movie! (video link for blog email subscribers)

Apparently the small pond I have been watching all summer, and enjoying the Trumpeter Swam family has had another two swans take up residence!

Northeast Minnesota (the BWCA) and the Quetico have been plagued with forest fires this summer. This video shows the bone dry conditions this summer. I am hiking FR#813 in the Greenwood Creek Forest / Bog in the Nature Conservancy Sand Lake / 7 Beavers Wilderness Preserve.

Dry Bog Hike in Northern Minnesota (severe drought)
(video link for blog email subscribers)

Last winter in the Greenwood Creek northern Minnesota wilderness I found a scent branch which a Canada Lynx was using to mark its territory (see post). I then deployed multiple trailcams at the spot. This Summer in the same region, I found another scent location, but this time in addition to Canada Lynx … fox, bear and timber wolves are also using the scent bush & log! Finally a Bull Moose is hanging around the same area, but does not seem to be interested in the other animal’s spaying spot. Once again I have deployed multiple cameras. Enjoy the images and videos.

If you have never visited the Nature Conservancy Sand Lake / 7 Beavers Preserve it is worth a hike. I particularly like the Greenwood Creek area where I maintain birdfeeders and frequently hike the trail deep into the Boreal Forest.

Canada Lynx

Timber Wolves (yes … are two in the image)

Red Fox

And now the Movies!

Summer Scent Bush & Log (video link for blog email subscribers)

Bull Moose in a Thunder Storm (video link for blog email subscribers)

Some of the dates shown in the video are wrong. I programmed one trailcam incorrectly.