[mou] Hedbom Bog Birding
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:26:48 -0600
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I arrived at the bog at 11:30am and left at 4:45pm. There was a very =
scary moment when I got a cell call from a birder I know who inform me =
he was lost in the bog. In fact, I was just leaving the bog and this =
birder by shear luck called me to see if I was birding on the Hedbom =
Logging Trail Road. At the woodpecker spot I noticed this car parked =
along the road for most of the late afternoon with no one in sight. The =
birder told me it was his car, so I raced back to his car and inform him =
I will honk my horn and instructed him to call me back if he could hear =
my horn blasting. (I had only one hour or so before darkness to get him =
out or I would have to call a county search and rescue)) He called me =
back and told me I was about mile west of him. So I turned my Yukon =
around and headed east one mile and honked my horned for at least 30 =
seconds. He called me back to inform me I was roughly a mile north of =
him. After that he called me every 20 minutes to let me know he was =
getting closer. In between cell phone conversations I honked my horned =
every 15 seconds for 20 minutes then I called him to see if everything =
was ok. Finally after about a hour he came out of the woods. He smiled =
and I gave him a large bottle water and he slammed it down. I drove him =
back to his car and we said our goodbyes. What a ending to a good day =
in the bog.=20
Highlights:
-3.4 miles west of the 5 road intersection (coming from Floodwood) one =
male Black-backed Woodpecker and a female Black-backed Woodpecker.
-5.1 miles west of the 5 road intersection a Great Gray Owl. I heard =
thru second hand another Great Gray Owl was seen just on the east side =
of the multiple S curves on the Hedbom logging Trail Road.
-White-winged Crossbills (60)
-Red Crossbills (40)
-Hoary Redpoll (mixed in the 300 flock)=20
-Common Redpoll (300 or so)
-Pine Grosbeaks
-Gray Jays
-Northern Shrike
** I updated the Hedbom Logging Trail Bog map on my website. Click on =
"Birding Locations". By the way the photo of the Great Gray Owl on my =
website was taken by one of my clients I guided out last week, his name =
is Mark Cohen from Pennsylvania. This photo is one of the Great Gray =
Owls that is being seen fairly regularly in the Hedbom Bog.
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>I arrived =
at the bog at=20
11:30am and left at 4:45pm. There was a very scary moment when I =
got a=20
cell call from a birder I know who inform me he was lost in the =
bog. In=20
fact, I was just leaving the bog and this birder by shear luck called me =
to see=20
if I was birding on the Hedbom Logging Trail Road. At the =
woodpecker=20
spot I noticed this car parked along the road for most of the =
late=20
afternoon with no one in sight. The birder told me it was his car, =
so I=20
raced back to his car and inform him I will honk my horn =
and instructed him=20
to call me back if he could hear my horn blasting. (I had =
only=20
one hour or so before darkness to get him out or I would have to =
call a=20
county search and rescue)) He called me back and told me I was =
about mile=20
west of him. So I turned my Yukon around and headed east one mile=20
and honked my horned for at least 30 seconds. He called me back to =
inform=20
me I was roughly a mile north of him. After that he called me =
every 20=20
minutes to let me know he was getting closer. In between cell phone=20
conversations I honked my horned every 15 seconds for 20 =
minutes=20
then I called him to see if everything was ok. Finally after about a =
hour he=20
came out of the woods. He smiled and I gave him a large bottle =
water and=20
he slammed it down. I drove him back to his car and we said our=20
goodbyes. What a ending to a good day in the=20
bog. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000=20
size=3D2>Highlights:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-3.4 =
miles west of=20
the 5 road intersection (coming from Floodwood) one male =
Black-backed=20
Woodpecker and a female Black-backed Woodpecker.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-5.1 =
miles west of the=20
5 road intersection a Great Gray Owl. I heard thru second hand another =
Great=20
Gray Owl was seen just on the east side of the multiple S curves on the =
Hedbom=20
logging Trail Road.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>-White-winged=20
Crossbills (60)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Red =
Crossbills=20
(40)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Hoary =
Redpoll (mixed=20
in the 300 flock) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Common =
Redpoll (300 or=20
so)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Pine=20
Grosbeaks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Gray =
Jays</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Northern =
Shrike</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style"><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D2>** =
I updated the=20
Hedbom Logging Trail Bog map on my website. Click on "Birding =
Locations". =20
By the way the photo of the Great Gray Owl on my website was taken by =
one of my=20
clients I guided out last week, his name is Mark Cohen from =
Pennsylvania. =20
This photo is one of the Great Gray Owls that is being seen fairly =
regularly in=20
the Hedbom Bog.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Michael=20
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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