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Long weekend extra effort

johngregsite Posted on 19-Feb-2017 by john19-Feb-2017

D81_4879__170219We got another bright blue winter day to run a patrol over to the far bog hoping to catch some bird sitings. No luck. The birds are quiet, waiting for the spring (although I can hear chirping and the hammering of a lonely woodpecker in the distance every so often). We found a couple spots where deer have been doing their own trekking in numbers. This one at left is undoubtedly a path to my neighbor who is likely feeding them.

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Looking at the trail just past bridge bravo




D81_4887__170219We have seen over ten snow machiners per day this weekend. This makes sense since this is the first big weekend after major snowfall in a couple years. Over at the hay field on the way to the far bog (see left) you can see where the snow machiners used all the track they could. Looking straight over the hill, the middle bog sits behind the tree line. The far bog is behind us in this photo.

The image below shows one of these travelers as they proceed over bridge bravo (see orange object at center of the photo). The railings on bridge bravo can be seen to the left of the rider. This was taken right from our front steps, about 100 yards away.

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Snow machine at bridge bravo

Trekking

johngregsite Posted on 19-Feb-2017 by john19-Feb-2017

D81_4844__170206Before our recent flurry of snow every other day, we returned to the far bog and got pictures of the beaver’s work. This one is a favorite because they started on the tree years ago and abandoned it. Then last year they completed the take-down but have not done anything with their work product.

The tracks around it are probably deer. I think the beavers are hibernating (will have to look this up). There is no evidence of activity around their lodge.

We managed to get out today on the trail. I was prepared with snow shoes to go off track but Murphy found the 24-30 inches of snow tough to manage. He liked following deer and squirrel tracks but he found the packed down snow machine trail more to his liking.

I had to make a path with the snow shoes to get him to follow me to the bog’s edge.

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The snow machine trail (formerly the electric railroad of the 1920s)

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