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adam

Moderator

01/03/2008 09:18PM

It is time to start the January 2008 Photo contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "Wildlife". Post your best photos that were captured of wildlife in the bwca/quetico region.

Monthly Category: BWCA and Quetico Wildlife

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).
- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo.
- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.
- Please describe in the message where the picture is from.
- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on Jan. 31st.

- Photos must be in jpg or gif format to be uploaded to the site. Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

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snakecharmer

01/03/2008 09:30PM

Bald Eagle on Wood Lake - August 2007

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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thecanoeman

01/04/2008 01:02AM

Otter playing at our campsite on Iron Lake - July 07

Nice photo snakecharmer.

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Obergut

01/04/2008 06:15AM

Camel Lake, Quetico 06/07

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mr.barley

01/04/2008 06:31AM

Nesting loon on Jordan Lake 2007. She posed for dozens of photos for us.

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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airmorse

01/04/2008 06:56AM

Eugene lake 2006

"It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you think you've got the stock market beat...but a man worth while is a man who can smile when his shorts are to tight in the seat", Judge Smails.

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Beemer01

Moderator

01/04/2008 08:14AM

Entered on behalf of an associate - Kunal Mehta.

"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"

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moose plums

01/04/2008 08:30AM

Frog on Jordan Lake (if you look close you can see my reflection in the frogs eye)

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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sterngirl

01/04/2008 09:26AM

Dixie (my service dog) and her "catch" :-)

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Portage Monkey

01/04/2008 10:07AM

Turtle ona log. Ensign Lake.

"The mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart"

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Journeyman

01/04/2008 11:00AM

Meadows lake portage

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Jimi

01/04/2008 11:37AM

A gartner snake enjoys a frog lunch in a firegrate rock pile on Hustler Lake.

Jimi

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cowdoc

01/04/2008 03:52PM

Another firepit rockpile dweller...the boys said hi and then found him a cooler rock pile. Pocket Lake, June 07

"What could happen?"

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ShimmieShakes

01/04/2008 04:57PM

Taken July 12, 2005 on Crooked Lake (in between Wednesday and Thursday Bay). This crazy bird know as the Gray Jay, or Campfire Thief, lived up to its name when it infiltrated our campsite with no fear! It stole a pita right out of my hand, and ate out of my mess kit (show here) as I was sitting right in front of it!

"when your tires touch the gravel then you'll know, you're almost there..."

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HighPlainsDrifter

01/04/2008 05:23PM

Chipmunk on leg (preferred peanuts in trail mix), Isabella River

"Boredom, Tyler - that's what's wrong. And how do you beat boredom, Tyler?... Adventure...(Never Cry Wolf, 1983)

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troutchief

01/04/2008 05:42PM

Bald Eagle on Iron - May '07

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oldgentleman

01/04/2008 07:27PM

White tail buck on the Horse River, September 2006.

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L.T.sully

01/04/2008 10:17PM

Bears, cougars, wolves, no be scared of the snakes.
Lake insula july 2004

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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stubs

01/05/2008 01:29AM

Wow way too many good entries this time around. I love the frog MP.

LT, you aren't going to post the picture of the Loch Ness monster again? (jk)

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backpacking5

01/05/2008 05:32AM

Horse River 2007

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ILikePike

01/05/2008 01:21PM

Bull Moose on Cache Lake (Northwest point of Insula)

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit” -Edward Abbey

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woodpecker

01/06/2008 10:19AM

This guy is a "real" fisherman....Disappointment July 27, 2007

Woodpecker

(I have a series of this little guy catching the fish...)

"The way of the canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten."---Sigurd F. Olson (The Singing Wilderness)

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knothead180

01/06/2008 10:34AM

Heron skull, Fishdance Lake, 2007

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mr.barley

01/06/2008 02:46PM

I'm pretty sure what you have here is infact a loon skull. I found a whole loon skeleton on an island some years ago and you'd be surprised how big their skulls are. Also, a Blue Heron has a yellow beak. Very cool find regardless what it is.

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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butthead

01/06/2008 03:25PM

Slim Lake, May 2007.

butthead

“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” ? Frank Zappa

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kellyrth

01/06/2008 03:35PM

Canoed past this deer on the Nina Moose river in early July of 2007

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L.T.sully

01/06/2008 06:51PM

No stubs, that was one of the fun enteries.
In a few minutes as soon as I upload it I'll edit the photo of the skin from that snake.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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TomT

01/06/2008 07:35PM

On Moosecamp Lake Sept. 2007.

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lilcowdoc

01/07/2008 07:22PM

Little guy stayed by my tent for the two days we were on La Croix.

“A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out”

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kanoes

01/07/2008 07:54PM

nice pic LCD.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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knothead180

01/07/2008 09:31PM

Thanks for the correction Mr. Barley. The bill color should have been obvious to me. I guess I made an assumption based on the apparent size.

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Springer2

01/08/2008 10:30AM

First time posting a photo here--this lonn nesting on Fourtown Lake was on a tiny island near the outlet to Horse Lake, on a very hot day.

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L.B.F.Girl

01/08/2008 01:40PM

Black bears in our backyard....not quite in the boundary waters but near the edge {ely}!!

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snapalope

01/10/2008 09:09PM

Hudson Lake - July 2007

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satchmoa

01/13/2008 06:32AM

This mink with the help of a snapping turtle helped himself with six walleyes we had sat aside for dinner.

I would rather be upside down in my canoe than right side up at my desk

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smokingmeat67

01/14/2008 08:28AM

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CIIcanoe

01/14/2008 08:41AM

Spruce Grouse at my campsite on the Isabella River in the morning of 09-16-07.

Chuck

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Navigator

01/14/2008 10:35AM

Nesting loon on Lake Saganaga - June 2007

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DeterminedOrange

01/14/2008 12:40PM

Loons on Sawbill, June 2007.

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Jay

01/14/2008 04:29PM

Spider, Isabella July 2007

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johanismyvzual57

01/14/2008 07:08PM

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johanismyvzual57

01/14/2008 07:08PM

Sunrise on Seagull.

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JRUBAKON

01/15/2008 12:44PM

This eagle got free lunch from us in Back Bay!

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nlawvere

01/15/2008 08:03PM

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein

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boomshiky

01/16/2008 09:24AM

It's all good

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Spartan2

01/17/2008 06:48AM

Busy beaver on Gaskin Lake, 2001.

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TomT

01/17/2008 07:11AM

Nice one of the beaver! :)

I remember a solo trip once in the 80's on Sarah Lake where as I slept in my hammock I heard a beaver dragging branches near my site during the night. Every once in a while I'd get the big KER-PLUNK splash. :)

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lilcowdoc

01/17/2008 09:06AM

Nice photo Spartan!

“A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out”

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Spartan2

01/17/2008 02:33PM

Thanks.

At the campsite on Gaskin Lake our tent was very close to the edge of a small cliff-like dropoff, and you could actually look out the tent window and see the water. There were two beavers who appeared to be beginning to build some sort of structure under the water, so they made many, many trips back and forth from somewhere on (or behind) the island offshore and this location. We watched them off and on for two days, as this was a layover day for us. It is the closest I have ever been to beavers working, and certainly the only time I have ever gotten to photograph them in good daylight. When I would hear them coming I would drop everything and go stand on the shore to watch in fascination. I have several nice photos, but this one is my favorite. I wish I had had my digital SLR back then.

It was great fun. Of our many trips, this one was probably the best.

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quetico152

01/17/2008 11:18PM

"Jim the Bear" on Friday Bay. 10th. day of Hunter Island Loop 2006.

p.s. thats the remainder of our food...

"One swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy" ~ Aristotle

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wildernesswebb

01/18/2008 12:40PM

The biggest, yet smallest menace to BWCAW food packs!

"The movement of a canoe is like a reed in the wind. Silence is part of it, and the sounds of lapping water, bird songs, and wind in the trees. It is part of the medium through which it floats, the sky, the water, the shores. A man is part of his canoe, and therefore part of all it knows." Sigurd Olson "The Singing Wilderness"

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smokingmeat67

01/18/2008 01:36PM

Emma watching the minnows on her first BWCA trip

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cowboymac12

01/18/2008 01:45PM

A resident pine marten on Marabeouf Lake. We named him Eddie. He stole my wife's hiking boot, and while we retrieved it, he circled back to the food pack. Clever.

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain

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wildernesswebb

01/18/2008 01:59PM

Love that Pine Marten. I've seen two before, but never got the chance to take a pic. WW

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GSP

01/18/2008 03:00PM

Mossyback on Boulder River during June,2007.

German Shorthair Pointers Rule Serenity is found in your mind, not somewhere you seek.

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greenydd

01/18/2008 07:36PM

not exactly in the bwca...isabella area tho.

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wetcanoedog

01/22/2008 12:39PM

Wolf--Dog-- Coyote ??

saw this guy on Moose Lake,spring of 06 in the evening.
the Scout Camp was just a few minutes away so i thought it might
be a dog..looks sort of small for a wolf--brush wolf maybe?? the shot is a 105 tele from the canoe..he was close and saw me but did not run untill i turned to get another photo

it's just a level trail thru the woods.

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moose plums

01/22/2008 02:13PM

maybe a young wolf

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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mhclon

01/22/2008 08:19PM

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kanoes

01/22/2008 08:27PM

an oldie but a goodie.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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prettypaddle

01/22/2008 09:15PM

Carcass on S. Hegman Lake

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Maddog

01/22/2008 10:25PM

pp,

wild "life".

lol

MD

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Kurps

01/22/2008 10:42PM

Settled down for a long winter nap.

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prettypaddle

01/23/2008 07:13PM

Kurps--that is priceless!
Maddog--the deer was just really, really hungry... =)

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wolf4980

01/23/2008 07:31PM

hidden grouse

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Kurps

01/24/2008 01:12AM

the juxtaposition between life an death. tis a very fine line we all must walk.

I do declare. I may have become too serious for this forum.

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cericdahl

01/28/2008 08:25PM

Hanson - South Arm Knife portage

I wish my camera had greater depth of focus, but I still think this guy (gal?) is pretty cool lookin'

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Ho Ho

01/28/2008 08:37PM

"Take me to your leader"

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brain250

01/29/2008 01:35AM

Toad keeping guard at a Winchell Lake site 7/07.

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cowboymac12

01/29/2008 09:33AM

Those toads are great. My wife and I camped on Birch Lake a few years ago, and there was this incessant noise we couldn't locate. We thought it was a branch in the breeze, or a bird we could not spot. We finally determined it was coming from under the tent. I lifted the pad up, and sure enough, there was a big frog huddled under the tent's footprint. We might have easily squashed it. Fortunately, we released it, for the most part unharmed.

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain

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Patman

01/29/2008 05:51PM

Gabro Lake, 2006

It's A Good Life !!!

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aebrooks

01/29/2008 08:19PM

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.

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Eagleson

01/30/2008 08:46AM

Frog Lunch on Kawishiwi River - August 2006

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timberwolf

02/04/2008 06:13PM

Seen this big guy on the Echo trail close to Hegman lake portage.

"RANGERS LEAD THE WAY"

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adam

Moderator

02/11/2008 07:34PM

The winner of the January photo contest is Mr. Barley! Many times the bridesmaid..

Congratulations!

The second hat giveaway goes to quetico152.

The trip report contest goes to mwd1976!

Thank you everyone for entering.

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