Returned yesterday from three nights of base camping on Caribou Lake (west of Pine Lake, south of Clearwater Lake) in the BWCA. Lots of warblers in the cedars and white pines along the shore, but they are hard to identify when paddling past in a canoe. Highlights were a resident Merlin chasing a Blue Jay and the warblers, a group of Turkey Vultures searching for a night roost, a Three-toed Woodpecker, a Belted Kingfisher, and heard (but not seen) a Barred Owl and a Northern Saw-whet Owl. And, of course, no Boundary Waters trip is complete without Common Loons (adults and juveniles) and juvenile and adult Bald Eagles.
Bruce Stahly
