Tag Archives: MN North: Greenwood Creek Bog

Greenwood Creek Boreal Bog Trail Cam Videos – White Wolf & Much More!

Year 12

Over the past few days I have finally been able to get up to Greenwood Creek trailhead for the first time in almost a month. Road construction has prevented me from reaching my beautiful boreal bog (serious comment) and the birdfeeders I maintain without a fifty mile detour. My wilderness area does not have many roads. While the construction on Lake County 2 is not complete, the highway is now reopened to traffic (with construction delays through early October).

Thus, it had been almost one month since I had made my almost 2.5 mile hike to retrieve / swap out trailcam sim cards. Oh wow! While my favorite camera ran out of battery power almost two weeks ago, it provided some fantastic close-ups of wildlife, including an white wolf and many, many moose!

I hope you enjoy these two visits to the Greenwood Bog which took place over the past four days. Better yet, there was nary a bug this morning. My final comment … all of these still images and videos were taken within 150 yards of each other, but a long way from Lake County #2 (only accessible by foot/hiking).

Spruce Grouse and Moose (one calf)

And now Greenwood Bog at the Movies! Amazing close-ups. Videos are all taken from a few feet away or less!

Moose Slobber and other Fine Stories!

Year 12

It was an eventful week at the Greenwood Bog. I finally swapped out Simm cards in my trailcams, and it was 100% necessary to wear full mosquito protection. See the video one of the trailcams took of the Greenwood Monster (i.e. me) arriving into the bog!

The Bull Moose (Pay attention to the video timelines. This Bull Moose obviously likes to have itself feature in multiple trailcams! After the slobber episode it was quite a while before that particular camera could take a decent image / video)(video link for email subscribers)

The Black Bear

The Movies!!! (each video is extremely short in duration)

Mosquito Monster Man (Note how I have zero exposed skin. I am even wearing gloves)(video link for email subscribers)

Black Bear (video link for email subscribers)

Bull Moose (video link for email subscribers)

Moose Slobber 1 (video link for email subscribers)

Moose Slobber 2 (and frosty breath)(video link for email subscribers)

Momma Moose and her Twins (video link for email subscribers)

Broad-Winged Hawk Research Project

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I am helping out with a Broad-Winged Research Project this summer, and you may help me help both northern Minnesota’s Hawk Ridge and Pennsylvania’s Hawk Mountain‘s research efforts (Learn more about Broad-Winged Hawks via the Cornell School of Ornithology). This beautiful raptor’s population population has fallen 16% out in its eastern range since 1980’s. Thankfully here in the Central Flyway populations appear to be stable, and perhaps even rising. This Broad-Winged Hawk Research Project will be one of the first extensive studies of this bird specie. It is hoped to band many of these hawks with transmitters that will let us follow their migrations and learn more about where they truly winter in Central and South America … perhaps leading to habitat preservation along their migration paths and wintering habitats.

In the past week I have personally identified eleven Broad-Wing breeding territories with GPS coordinates … including one actual nest! How can you help? If you discover Broad-Winged Hawk Nests this summer in the Northland please contact me (Richard.Hoeg@GMail.Com). I will need both the GPS coordinates and a description of the nest site. I promise NOT to share the nest location to eBird or any other individuals OTHER than the research staff from Hawk’s Ridge. If the nest is on private property we will need permission to access the given location.

Here is the Broad-Winged Hawk I have seen twice within the past few days near Sax-Zim Bog’s Welcome Center and Overton Road.