Marten Campground to Winagami PP—May 30

I have not written an entry for yesterday because it was a total wash out as it rained all day.  The one event of note was seeing a badger in the middle of the highway on my return from the Boreal Center.  I tried to flush him but he refused and was very lucky that a fast moving log hauling truck passed over him without hitting him.  So that it for May 29.

Today I travelled to Winagami PP near High Prairie, AB.  The drive was pleasant through boreal forest that went form rolling hills the first half of the trip to much flatter prairie the last half.  I had a little difficulty finding the park because there are several parts to it.  I went down a wrong road initially and was able to turn around and finally found the entrance.  Winagami is a big park with may sites and as with Marten there is no one here.  Of course it is the beginning of the week so there are no weekend campers.  There are a couple of fisherman.  As you can see from pan aroma on Jim Hailey Nature Photography this is a very large lake (the panorama only covers half the lake).  Once at the water I had many birds as you can see from the pictures on my Facebook page.  In total I had 36 species, and nearly every duck species I can think of short of Alaska.  The is one bird here that is driving me crazy.  He calls and calls and I just can’t find him.  He is somewhere in the very top of massive poplars, but he must be small because I can’t get my bins on him.  I will spend the night here and head toward the Dawson Creek and the Alaska Highway tomorrow morning.  I plan to make it as far as Charlie Lake PP north of Ft. St. John, BC before camping for the night.