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Greenwood Creek YouTube Channel at Sand Lake / Seven Beavers

Year 12,

Thursday evening Molly and I will attend a small reception given by The Nature Conservancy celebrating their recent land purchase of over 10,000 acres which has dramatically expanded their Northeastern Minnesota initiative, Sand Lake / Seven Beavers Preserve. As many of you know, I am the individual who most likely spends the most time hiking in their wilderness preserve, and provides the Greenwood Creek Bird Feeders for everyone’s enjoyment.

I recently created a YouTube Channel with a primary focus upon the Greenwood Creek Boreal Forest Bog in the Sand Lake / Seven Beaver’s Preserve. My goal was to have the channel finished before the The Nature Conservancy’s reception.

Please browse to my new channel and consider subscribing!

The channel is 100% non commercial and will feature the nature and wildlife of Greenwood. In the preserve I have remote birdsong listening stations, trailcams and bird feeders. A small trailhead parking area may be found 1/2 mile south of Greenwood Creek on Lake County Highway #2, which is also where the birdfeeders are located.

Learn more via this channel’s web links:

And that special night when Lady Aurora danced over Greenwood! (video link for email subscribers)

Red, White & Blue Patriotic Birding Plus Our National Bird!

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Today was a great day of birding which started with a Sea Smoke Sunrise Over Lake Superior. Yup, only 10F as I headed inland from Two Harbors 20 minutes before sunrise, and the air water temperature differential made for spectacular conditions out over the lake. Now some folks might wonder about birding on opening day of deer hunting season in Minnesota, but if you know your habitat (deer hate bogs), and stay well away from any parked vehicles next to the forest (indicative of hunters) you will be fine. However, even if I think I am in the forest w/o anyone for miles around, I ALWAYS wear blaze orange or red.

Okay … why patriotic birding? The answer was simple. I saw beautiful red, white and blue colored birds … plus our national bird, the Bald Eagle! In additional I finally put out meat suet (hope the bears are asleep, or at least woozy). I am trying some bone marrow this year to entire Boreal Chickadees. I just drilled two holes through the bone, and then hung everything up using wire and ring eye screws. My final assignment was to place a BirdNet-Pi birdsong listening device deep in the wilderness.

On to the photographs … the Pine Grossbeaks were real special. Essentially nary a Pine Grossbeak was seen last winter. Today I watched a small flock.

Red: Pine Grosbeaks

White: Snow Buntings

& Blue: Blue Jays

and our National Bird: Bald Eagle

The Nature Conservancy Loves Greenwood … As do I, wolves & spruce grouse!

Year 12

Folks who know me understand I love an area named the Greenwood Creek Boreal Forest and Bog. Earlier this month The Nature Conservancy closed on their largest land acquisition (12,000 acres) in over one quarter of a century in Minnesota. In addition to being a financial donor to this purchase, at the Conservancy’s request I provided photos and videos which they used as part of their campaign to raise money for this project, land which abuts their 7 Beavers Project. Read more via this story from Minnesota Public Radio.

Yes, the Greenwood Creek Boreal Forest and Bog Region is an amazing and special wilderness area. It is a rare week that I don’t hike at least once deep into this area. My Greenwood Creek Birds Feeders are located just off Lake County 2. The fact that The Conservancy will be protecting the Greenwood area for generations to come thrills me.

Did I mention that the timber wolves and spruce grouse love Greenwood? Per normal yesterday morning I hiked deep into this wilderness area, swapping out simm cards in my trailcams. For the third straight week in a row, this spruce grouse was hanging out near the creek at the exact same spot (literally within feet of my other sightings).

The Movies! (video links for email subscribers … wolves … grouse)

I don’t know if timber wolves hunt and eat spruce grouse (I suspect yes), but these wolf images / videos were taken by my trailcams which is located within 50 yards of where the spruce grouse is living. This location is also where some of my better moose sightings (Return to Greenwood Blog Post from earlier this month) come from. Anyhow, the Greenwood Timber Wolves.

Yes … Greenwood is special and worth a visit. I will keep the feeders filled through next spring, and I invite you to experience the thrill and beauty of true wilderness.