National Wildlife Week was this week and I participated without even realizing it. The peninsula Voyageur Canoe Outfitters is located on is not technically part of the Boundary Waters but some of the water around it is. It was next to this frozen water where I investigated the reports of a dead moose on Monday.
If you read the Boundary Waters Blog then you heard all about the moose that had been taken down by a pack of wolves. By the time I got to see the moose there wasn't much left of it. I posted disgusting photos of it for those who are interested.
When I was finished examining the carnage I decided to take the snowmobile up onto Saganaga. You can't use snowmobiles in the Boundary Waters but on Sag you can use them on the channel that goes directly into Canada. I was traveling at a leisurely pace that allowed me to notice signs of wildlife.
The strangest tracks I saw in the snow on top of the frozen BWCAW lake was human boot prints. It is quite unusual to see these amongst the corridor of snowmobile tracks but I quickly found the owners of these boots. They were guests of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters out for a walk!
I told them about the otter slide I had seen in the snow. It must be so much fun to be an otter running at full speed and then sliding across the snow on their belly. Other tracks I saw in the snow in the BWCA were those of wolves, fox, grouse and even a lynx.
There are still a couple of days left to celebrate National Wildlife Week. Why not head up to the Boundary Waters and see what wildlife or signs of wildlife you can find.
If you read the Boundary Waters Blog then you heard all about the moose that had been taken down by a pack of wolves. By the time I got to see the moose there wasn't much left of it. I posted disgusting photos of it for those who are interested.
When I was finished examining the carnage I decided to take the snowmobile up onto Saganaga. You can't use snowmobiles in the Boundary Waters but on Sag you can use them on the channel that goes directly into Canada. I was traveling at a leisurely pace that allowed me to notice signs of wildlife.
The strangest tracks I saw in the snow on top of the frozen BWCAW lake was human boot prints. It is quite unusual to see these amongst the corridor of snowmobile tracks but I quickly found the owners of these boots. They were guests of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters out for a walk!
I told them about the otter slide I had seen in the snow. It must be so much fun to be an otter running at full speed and then sliding across the snow on their belly. Other tracks I saw in the snow in the BWCA were those of wolves, fox, grouse and even a lynx.
There are still a couple of days left to celebrate National Wildlife Week. Why not head up to the Boundary Waters and see what wildlife or signs of wildlife you can find.
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