PACK DEMONSTRATION FOREST & BEN WOOD MOUNTAIN hiking, paddling & biking
Sept 7, 2021 - Wanted to check up on the loons, paddle Ben Wood Brook thru wetlands, & find some peace & quiet - only partly successful. Tried the brook first - a bit of a carry N of the camps (no-one there) - just so happens there is logging going on & the trails around the NW & N part of the lake + the trail up Ben Wood Mtn are closed - an empty logging truck drove past. So back around to the E side of the lake to "lake access" & paddled around PACK FOREST LAKE. Soon spotted 2 loons, an adult & a chick. The chick must have been born mid to late July, sort of late but there is still time for it to learn to fly before ice-in. Saw the 2nd adult, some calls. A hawk flew above. Could hear the logging to the N. Poked into the lily pad-filled bay where BW Brook enters but it does get thick in there, saw a gb heron & kingfishers. Checked out the loon nest. Back to the put-in for lunch & the logg...