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January 2022 Photo Contest

Winner: lindylair

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adam

Moderator

01/12/2022 09:20PM

It is time to start the January 2022 Photo Contest, as well as, Trip Report Contest.

First an important note. If you see that you have won the contest or a prize in the contest, please email your address and choice of hat, shirt, or decals to me.

Monthly Theme: Macro Photos from Canoe Country

Show us your close up photos of small things from trips.

Prize: BWCA Hat, Shirt, or Decals.

Trip Report Contest: Any trip report published in a month is in the running for winning the prize. See the trip report contest page for more details - Trip Report Home Page

Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CCS) for sponsoring the year-end prize!

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 with it prior.
- Photos don't need to be taken in the month of the photo contest. You can enter any photo you have taken which matches the theme.
- You must be the photographer of the photo and have the right to post it.
- 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 that 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 the location of the photo.
- 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 thread by 11:59pm on Jan 31st. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) or png format and uploaded to this site.

Thank you for participating!

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TuscaroraBorealis

01/12/2022 09:49PM

Fraser Lake knothole

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Jackfish

Moderator

01/12/2022 10:10PM

A Quetico cocktail complete with garnish. :)

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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30Smoke

01/13/2022 12:13AM

Bee on Insula - campsite 1323

"it is tough to beat a person who doesn't quit" - famous philosopher George Ruth

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PeaceFrog

01/13/2022 06:34AM

30Smoke: "
Bee on Insula - campsite 1323 "

Nice picture and lucky to capture that one. It is actually a clear wing moth. Sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as well. One cool insect! Thanks for sharing.

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30Smoke

01/13/2022 08:46AM

PeaceFrog: "

Nice picture and lucky to capture that one. It is actually a clear wing moth. Sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as well. One cool insect! Thanks for sharing."

Thanks for the Identification! I think I took about 50 pictures of this as my cousin was curious what it was, but never took the time to identify. That same campsite, I even got a picture of some type of ant killing and carrying off a big caterpillar.

"it is tough to beat a person who doesn't quit" - famous philosopher George Ruth

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BearBurrito

01/13/2022 09:27AM

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning

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mooseplums

01/13/2022 09:34AM

On a Disappointment Lake campsite

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

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Mocha

01/13/2022 09:34AM

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egknuti

01/13/2022 12:05PM

North of Lynx Lake

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straighthairedcurly

01/13/2022 12:34PM

egknuti: "
North of Lynx Lake"

Cool picture! Two of my favorite things: sundew plants and a dragonfly

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PeaceFrog

01/13/2022 02:15PM

30Smoke: "
PeaceFrog: "

Nice picture and lucky to capture that one. It is actually a clear wing moth. Sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as well. One cool insect! Thanks for sharing."

Thanks for the Identification! I think I took about 50 pictures of this as my cousin was curious what it was, but never took the time to identify. That same campsite, I even got a picture of some type of ant killing and carrying off a big caterpillar.
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Nice! I dig the theme of this month's contest. It's amazing what can be observed if we take the time to sit, watch and listen.

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Tony

01/13/2022 06:02PM

Looks like a chia pet

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airmorse

01/13/2022 06:08PM

Crooked lake.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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ForestDuff

01/13/2022 09:03PM

Magical stump forest on Basswood.

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Ausable

01/13/2022 11:39PM

30Smoke: "
PeaceFrog: "

Nice picture and lucky to capture that one. It is actually a clear wing moth. Sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as well. One cool insect! Thanks for sharing."

Thanks for the Identification! I think I took about 50 pictures of this as my cousin was curious what it was, but never took the time to identify. That same campsite, I even got a picture of some type of ant killing and carrying off a big caterpillar.
"

That is a Common Thread-waisted Wasp.

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Stichy64

01/14/2022 11:54AM

BWCA cup on Basswood.

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airmorse

01/14/2022 01:19PM

Duff: "Magical stump forest on Basswood.

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I like this picture a lot.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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geotramper

01/14/2022 08:32PM

When life gives you blueberries... fill a hat with them.

Blueberries on Fishdance, July 2018

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TomT

01/15/2022 06:01AM

This was on Burt Lake in Quetico in 2011. I liked the way the light lit up this small section of granite.

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw

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HangLoose

01/15/2022 12:32PM

A Fungus Among Us
Border Route Trail Rose Lake

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Hillbilly

01/15/2022 12:48PM

Smallie close up, caught on the Maligne River that flows out of Sturgeon. June 2017

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Arkansas Man

Moderator

01/15/2022 02:14PM

Dandelion...

Bruce

Good Paddling, Great Fishing, and God Bless All...

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CabinAfter

01/16/2022 08:45PM

Lake Agnes

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Portage99

01/17/2022 07:08PM

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sns

01/18/2022 02:33PM

Lake Three

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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Ottertailvoyageur

01/18/2022 06:58PM

I found this little fun guy at a campsite on Sawbill a while back...probably 2 1/2 inches tall, maybe 3.

…whoooosh…..

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straighthairedcurly

01/19/2022 10:53AM

purple is my favorite color

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TPETRICEK

01/19/2022 08:53PM

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Ausable

01/22/2022 02:00PM

Trumpet Lichen on the large island at the north end of Sunday Lake, Quetico Provincial Park.

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snakecharmer

01/23/2022 02:51PM

~Frog in the shallows on Alpine Lake

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

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lindylair

01/24/2022 06:12PM

The Shroom family in their split level home
Near Baker Lake

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Spartan2

01/25/2022 05:27PM

Pine Bark Beetle (on my shirt), Cross Bay Lake campsite.

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beanpole

01/25/2022 06:32PM

My friend found a friend

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msnature

01/25/2022 07:36PM

I have too many to choose from! We'll go with the water lily on Ahsub

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schweady

01/26/2022 07:29PM

Giant Lichen Orb Weaver
...wrapping up a dragonfly in its web above my hammock.
The dragonfly was previously decapitated by a wasp in an epic battle which played out on the ground next to our fire pit.
Clear Lake on the Kawishiwi Triangle, August 2021

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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LittoralZone

01/27/2022 02:39PM

From under the tarp. SAK 2021.

“A republic, madam – if you can keep it.” - Benjamin Franklin

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QuietWaters

01/27/2022 07:14PM

Dragonfly on Snipe.

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BigZig

01/28/2022 01:00PM

Spider camo.

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cowdoc

01/28/2022 02:20PM

Coral fungus and friends along a portage on the Falls Chain

"What could happen?"

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chessie

01/29/2022 11:37AM

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Pickerel Weed Blossom, Heritage River, BWCAW, 2020.

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willfess

01/29/2022 05:41PM

Moose river 2012

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Freeleo1

01/30/2022 10:04PM

Carp Lake Quetico

"Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." Terry Pratchett

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Mo63021

01/31/2022 09:08AM

This photo always reminds me of "rebirth" as the BWCA shows me each time I go. This was Lynx Lake 2020, a year that needed to be shown what is possible for the future.

Lake voyage in a canoe is always better when shared with others, either during or after the trip

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SummerSkin

01/31/2022 09:25AM

airmorse: "
Duff: "Magical stump forest on Basswood.

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I like this picture a lot."

"God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild." - Muir

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SummerSkin

01/31/2022 09:30AM

TPETRICEK: " "

"Can I help you...?"

"God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild." - Muir

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jwartman59

01/31/2022 10:40AM

At home lake

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BassmasterP

01/31/2022 11:15AM

Argo smallmouth. Beautiful to look at, but even better golden brown and served in a fish taco!

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starwatcher

01/31/2022 02:03PM

Normally we get chipmunks or gray jays begging for food; but this little fellow (hermit thrush) offered to help with the dishes at our North Bay Quetico campsite.

starwatcher

North Bay Quetico Hermit Thrush

"When one finally arrives at the point where schedules are forgotten, and becomes immersed in ancient rhythms, one begins to live." Sigurd F. Olson

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RodPortage

01/31/2022 02:29PM

Glenmore Lake, July 2021. The food chain in action - a grasshopper feeds a spider feeds a ?

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airmorse

01/31/2022 02:40PM

chessie: "Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Pickerel Weed Blossom, Heritage River, BWCAW, 2020. "

Nice!

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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AceAceAce

02/02/2022 07:42PM

Mushroom at Wood Lake Oct 2021.

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mcspin50

02/08/2022 02:01PM

Baby mushroom on Sawbill campsite

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. - Lao Tzu

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adam

Moderator

03/01/2022 07:09PM

Congratulations to the winners of the January contests:

Photo Contest: LindyLair
Trip Report Contest: TomT
Extra Prize: naturboy12

Thank you everyone for sharing trip reports and photos!

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