Oh my … watch the video. Bog Country in NE Minnesota = Mosquitoes. I wanted to pull the SIMM card from my trailcam before surgery on Thursday. I was fully prepared with a head net, jacket and wind pants (I always wear shorts, but not today). In the past 8 days my trailcam has photographed a bull moose, two timber wolves and now a Canada Lynx … all near the pond in the Greenwood Creek Bog.
The Bog is accessed via US Forest Service #813. If you have “all wheel” or “4 wheel” drive you may drive the forest road for 6/10 of a mile. Park next to the rock pile (and off the road). From the parking spot it is only a 1/2 mile hike to the bog pond. If you have a “2 wheel” drive can, park out next to Lake County #2 and the bird feeders (6/10 of a mile away).
DO NOT HIKE TO THIS BLOG W/O WATCHING THE VIDEO. MOSQUITOES! (video link for email subscribers)
Here is a TrailCam image of the Canada Lynx. Most of the activity appears to be just before sunset. I will let folks know when the mosquitoes die out a bit.
May the surgery and refovery go well.. I am itching just from hearing the mosquitoes!
Oh, thanks for the lynx pic! Yup, a mosquito kind of year. May all go the best on Thursday. 🙏
I wonder if our mild winter accounts for extra mosquito voracity?! Seems like I cannot even walk down our driveway without returning one pint lower😬
The amount of snow and then rain since March 1st has been quite high, which has led to an amazing amount of standing water and ponding in the forest, which the mosquitoes love.
I have on a new body perfume every day … Eau de Deet!