Earlier this month in the If You Build It They Will Come post, I noted that we had placed a couple of bird boxen out in the Back Woods. While out there I noticed another 'trail'. Although unlike the first, this one did not have blazes painted on the trees. I made a note to go exploring.
One day, while dong some work on our back pond, which is not in the back woods, I heard a large flock of blackbirds in those back woods. I headed out to see what the fuss was about. And since I was already exploring ...
This is the second abandoned hunting blind I found out there. While these aren't all that expensive, it is a bit of work to get it out there. Curious that they are just left to be slowly reclaimed by the forest.
There were a couple deer stands and trail cams as well. I made sure to smile and wave.
I don't think this is a blind further along the reclamation path. But I didn't find any sign of recent wildlife use either.
Other than a couple of roosting Wild Turkeys and one Golden-crowned Kinglet, there was little wildlife to be be found at all.
There was this. A bird, large. But that is the best I can do as far as an ID is concerned.
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This is the satellite view off the woods:
The blue dot being our place. North is up. And I thought I was walking in a mostly northerly direction out there.
I was incorrect.
After a while I could see a building through the trees. I was quite confused. There are no builds where I thought I was. Eventually it dawned on me. I was behind my neighbor to the left's place. I had traveled in a big arc.
Further confusing me was that I was again at the creek edge. My internal compass was really out of whack. Fortunately, the creek there was quite shallow and I had my Muck Boots on, so I was able to cross without incident. I did notice the remains of some engineering work not unlike that in the first image above, well past the usable stage however.
Next time I venture out there I'm taking a compass.
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