# Boundary Waters — July 2024

2024-07-24 · Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN

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## Day 1 · July 24

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![Snapping turtle underwater.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672263020.jpg)

![Trumpeter swan.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672167903.jpg)

![Yellow pond-lily.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54671940391.jpg)

![Milky Way over the trees.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54671106822.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 8.5 miles.

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**Observed:** [haircap mosses](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127956), [rock harlequin](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127954), [Watershield](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127961), [Rose Pogonia](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127962), [purple pitcher plant](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127963), [Variegated Yellow Pond-Lily](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127966), [North American Green Frog](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127971), [American Toad](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127973), [Floater Mussels](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127980), [flat-topped goldenrod](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127988), [rough cinquefoil](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127982), [Stratiomys badia](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127981), [Calico Pennant](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232166138), [North American Medicinal Leech](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127994), [Haemopidae](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232127997).

## Day 2 · July 25

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![Bald eagle.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54671942551.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 7 miles.

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**Observed:** [side-flowering skullcap](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128015), [swamp candles](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128016), [Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128021), [Stratiomys badia](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128018), [Painted Turtle](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232167256).

## Day 3 · July 26

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![Merlin.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672267760.jpg)

![Juvenile eagle on boulder.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672269680.jpg)

![Eagle in flight.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672173988.jpg)

![Common loon.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672181639.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 13 miles.

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**Observed:** [Merlin](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233313583), [Furrow Spiders](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128023), [Phaeolus](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128025), [balsam fir](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128027), [Dragonhunter](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233313647), [Nymphalis l-album j-album](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128036), [crown-tipped coral fungus](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128024), [Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128028), [dead man's fingers](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128029), [lady ferns](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128031), [wood horsetail](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128030), [Common Loon](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233314188), [Tabanus marginalis](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128034), [Common Raven](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128033).

## Day 4 · July 27

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![Ring-necked duck.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54672174628.jpg)

![River and rocks.](https://garrettgcraig.com/trail-log/photos/boundary-waters-2024/54671946231.jpg)

**Approx. distance:** about 14 miles.

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**Observed:** [Cenopis](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232128035), [American Beaver](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232187799), [Bald Eagle](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233314268), [Ring-necked Duck](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233313457).