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I arrived at the bog at 11:30am and left at 4:45pm. There was a very = scary moment when I got a cell call from a birder I know who inform me = he was lost in the bog. In fact, I was just leaving the bog and this = birder by shear luck called me to see if I was birding on the Hedbom = Logging Trail Road. At the woodpecker spot I noticed this car parked = along the road for most of the late afternoon with no one in sight. The = birder told me it was his car, so I raced back to his car and inform him = I will honk my horn and instructed him to call me back if he could hear = my horn blasting. (I had only one hour or so before darkness to get him = out or I would have to call a county search and rescue)) He called me = back and told me I was about mile west of him. So I turned my Yukon = around and headed east one mile and honked my horned for at least 30 = seconds. He called me back to inform me I was roughly a mile north of = him. After that he called me every 20 minutes to let me know he was = getting closer. In between cell phone conversations I honked my horned = every 15 seconds for 20 minutes then I called him to see if everything = was ok. Finally after about a hour he came out of the woods. He smiled = and I gave him a large bottle water and he slammed it down. I drove him = back to his car and we said our goodbyes. What a ending to a good day = in the bog.=20 Highlights: -3.4 miles west of the 5 road intersection (coming from Floodwood) one = male Black-backed Woodpecker and a female Black-backed Woodpecker. -5.1 miles west of the 5 road intersection a Great Gray Owl. I heard = thru second hand another Great Gray Owl was seen just on the east side = of the multiple S curves on the Hedbom logging Trail Road. -White-winged Crossbills (60) -Red Crossbills (40) -Hoary Redpoll (mixed in the 300 flock)=20 -Common Redpoll (300 or so) -Pine Grosbeaks -Gray Jays -Northern Shrike ** I updated the Hedbom Logging Trail Bog map on my website. Click on = "Birding Locations". By the way the photo of the Great Gray Owl on my = website was taken by one of my clients I guided out last week, his name = is Mark Cohen from Pennsylvania. This photo is one of the Great Gray = Owls that is being seen fairly regularly in the Hedbom Bog. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C72C59.36E187D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>I arrived = at the bog at=20 11:30am and left at 4:45pm. There was a very scary moment when I = got a=20 cell call from a birder I know who inform me he was lost in the = bog. In=20 fact, I was just leaving the bog and this birder by shear luck called me = to see=20 if I was birding on the Hedbom Logging Trail Road. At the = woodpecker=20 spot I noticed this car parked along the road for most of the = late=20 afternoon with no one in sight. The birder told me it was his car, = so I=20 raced back to his car and inform him I will honk my horn = and instructed him=20 to call me back if he could hear my horn blasting. (I had = only=20 one hour or so before darkness to get him out or I would have to = call a=20 county search and rescue)) He called me back and told me I was = about mile=20 west of him. So I turned my Yukon around and headed east one mile=20 and honked my horned for at least 30 seconds. He called me back to = inform=20 me I was roughly a mile north of him. After that he called me = every 20=20 minutes to let me know he was getting closer. In between cell phone=20 conversations I honked my horned every 15 seconds for 20 = minutes=20 then I called him to see if everything was ok. Finally after about a = hour he=20 came out of the woods. He smiled and I gave him a large bottle = water and=20 he slammed it down. I drove him back to his car and we said our=20 goodbyes. What a ending to a good day in the=20 bog. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000=20 size=3D2>Highlights:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-3.4 = miles west of=20 the 5 road intersection (coming from Floodwood) one male = Black-backed=20 Woodpecker and a female Black-backed Woodpecker.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-5.1 = miles west of the=20 5 road intersection a Great Gray Owl. I heard thru second hand another = Great=20 Gray Owl was seen just on the east side of the multiple S curves on the = Hedbom=20 logging Trail Road.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2>-White-winged=20 Crossbills (60)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Red = Crossbills=20 (40)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Hoary = Redpoll (mixed=20 in the 300 flock) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Common = Redpoll (300 or=20 so)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Pine=20 Grosbeaks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Gray = Jays</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Northern = Shrike</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style"><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D2>** = I updated the=20 Hedbom Logging Trail Bog map on my website. Click on "Birding = Locations". =20 By the way the photo of the Great Gray Owl on my website was taken by = one of my=20 clients I guided out last week, his name is Mark Cohen from = Pennsylvania. =20 This photo is one of the Great Gray Owls that is being seen fairly = regularly in=20 the Hedbom Bog.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Michael=20 Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C72C59.36E187D0--