In my case, it is somewhere near the Sylvania Wilderness in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In the past I have posted to this blog about “Off the Grid” Birding and “Google Maps Offline. I practice what I preach, and yesterday afternoon when I went out exploring I more often than not had zero connectivity, but I still had maps showing me my exact location. If you ever bird in remote areas, even if you have connectivity the entire time, you SHOULD review this post of mine on the use of offline tools which help prevent you from getting lost.

I didn’t find many birds during my outing, but I had fun! Even eBird had zero entries during any winter for the area in which I was located. Given my total lack of knowledge about the Ottawa National Forest, it made it difficult to find winter food sources.

My Location

A Blue Jay!