[mou] Lake County & SX Bog
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:50:39 -0600
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Second day with a couple from Florida.
Despite the -30 below wind chills and air temps in Lake County around =
-15 degrees below zero, we saw some birds!
-Hoary Redpoll at the Isabella feeder at the Moose Ridge Cafe.
-Lots of Redpolls all along Hwy 1 and Lake Co. Rd 2
-Pine Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins and several Red. Br. Nuthatches also seen =
along the same roads mentioned above.
* Saturday the temps will be even worse and Lake Superior should be very =
steamy! I'll be birding Aitkin Co on Sunday with the same couple.
Thanks to all birders that responded to my news about Sax Zim Blog =
logging. I share Shawn Conrad's views where he said "I am not oppose to =
logging" me neither. The way I feel is like this. Remember how you =
felt when you went back to the neighborhood you grew up in or the place =
where you lived and raise your kids and you noticed how run down the =
house looks?, all the old neighbor houses look like crap, the large =
trees were cut down and the playing areas were developed and ect? =
Remember how you sat there and remember how things use to look and the =
good memories you had? Well that is how I feel what is going on in Sax =
Zim. All the places I love or the places I spent a lot of time birding =
or dragonfly collecting are being logged out. Sax Zim bog doesn't look =
the same to me anymore and there is really nothing no one can do and no =
one to blame about all these changes. Loggers have to feed their family =
and their bills too. I just wish the area they are logging did not have =
to be the better known places for birding in the Bog. By the way the =
wood they are logging out will no doubt go to Cook in St. Louis County =
for chip board or strand board. Some of it may go to Duluth at the =
Lousianna Pacific plant for the same product. I seen the same trees =
being delivered to the Cook plant.
I am just happy that the Bog along Hwy 73 will more than likely replace =
Sax Zim Bog as the place to go to locate some of the specialties that =
live in these bogs. We need a name for this bog other than "Hwy 73 bog" =
I like the "Lind Bog" since this road is almost in the heart of the bog =
and the place where Northern Hawks owls are being seen and Spruce =
Grouse. (2005) I just feel in a few short years from now we birders are =
just going to have to write out Sax Zim Bog as the place to go and see =
birds. There will be no more stands of woods worth birding and that is =
the brutal honest truth.
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Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Second day with a couple from =
Florida.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Despite the -30 below wind =
chills and air=20
temps in Lake County around -15 degrees below zero, we saw some=20
birds!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Hoary Redpoll at the =
Isabella feeder at=20
the Moose Ridge Cafe.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Lots of Redpolls all along =
Hwy 1 and=20
Lake Co. Rd 2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Pine Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins =
and several=20
Red. Br. Nuthatches also seen along the same roads mentioned =
above.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Saturday the temps will be =
even worse=20
and Lake Superior should be very steamy! I'll be birding Aitkin Co on =
Sunday=20
with the same couple.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Thanks to all birders that =
responded to=20
my news about Sax Zim Blog logging. I share Shawn Conrad's views =
where he=20
said "I am not oppose to logging" me neither. The way I feel is =
like=20
this. Remember how you felt when you went back to the neighborhood =
you=20
grew up in or the place where you lived and raise your kids and you =
noticed=20
how run down the house looks?, all the old neighbor houses look like =
crap, the=20
large trees were cut down and the playing areas were developed and =
ect? =20
Remember how you sat there and remember how things use to look and the =
good=20
memories you had? Well that is how I feel what is going on in Sax=20
Zim. All the places I love or the places I spent a lot of time =
birding or=20
dragonfly collecting are being logged out. Sax Zim bog doesn't =
look the=20
same to me anymore and there is really nothing no one can do and no one =
to blame=20
about all these changes. Loggers have to feed their =
family and=20
their bills too. I just wish the area they are logging did =
not=20
have to be the better known places for birding in the Bog. By =
the way=20
the wood they are logging out will no doubt go to Cook in St. Louis =
County for=20
chip board or strand board. Some of it may go to Duluth at the=20
Lousianna Pacific plant for the same product. I seen the same =
trees=20
being delivered to the Cook plant.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I am just happy that the =
Bog along Hwy 73 will more than likely replace Sax Zim Bog as =
the=20
place to go to locate some of the specialties that live in these =
bogs. We=20
need a name for this bog other than "Hwy 73 bog" I like=20
the "Lind Bog" since this road is almost in the heart of the bog =
and=20
the place where Northern Hawks owls are being seen and Spruce =
Grouse.=20
(2005) I just feel in a few short years from now we =
birders=20
are just going to have to write out Sax Zim Bog as the place to go and =
see=20
birds. There will be no more stands of woods worth =
birding and that=20
is the brutal honest truth.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael =
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20
Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Birding Treks<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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