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Algonquin Winter Tracking 2011

Thursday (Day 6)

 
Today I spent the morning at Spruce Bog waiting for birds to photograph. Here is a Black-capped Chickadee, what most people in eastern North America are familiar with. I also saw the Boreal Chickadees today again, and got lots more photos.
After lunch at the end of the Rock Lake Road, I set out to explore.

Here a sunny slope has been stripped of snow by the hot sun, in spite of the still-cold temperatures. Spring is coming!

I hiked up the Booth's Rock trail, passing through this grove of giant hemlock trees.
Along the way I found some moose tracks frozen into the ice on a small lake.
I decided to hike to Gordon Lake, north to Rock Creek. I was off-trail for the rest of the afternoon, navigating with map and GPS.
Some interesting ice patterns at the base of a rock on the creek.
I hiked west along Rock Creek till I reached a point where I could bushwhack back to the road and my vehicle.

You have to be careful to not go through the ice where the creek is open - usually this is where there is a current running.

At one point I came across both wolf and otter tracks. I could see where the otter hightailed it off in another direction when it came upon the wolf tracks. As it was approaching dark, I did not take the time to verify this apparent sequence of events that were documented on the tracks.

I hiked about 7 km today.

 

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