Wolff's Den in the Bird Hills Nature Area LbNA #70256
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 9, 2016 |
| Location: | Bird Hills Nature Area |
| City: | Ann Arbor |
| County: | Washtenaw |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Wolffieman  |
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| Found by: | Densan Looks |
| Last found: | May 12, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 10, 2016 |
50 years ago or so I was lucky enough to be able to spend time in the Bird Hills Woods. Back then it was just a "Woods", not a “Nature Area” as it’s called now. A “Nature Area” is a woods (same one I enjoyed half a century ago, same size and all) with a fence wrapped around it and a sign that says, “Bird Hills Nature Area”. I don’t know if the fence is to keep people out or wild life in. My guess it’s to keep “motor vehicle” woods wreckers out as there is a “people” (or maybe animal) gate so you or they can get in and out. Not a bad plan.
Anyway, the woods is as beautiful now as it was then. Lots of trees, wild flowers and birds singing in the trees. I’m sure there were/are rabbits and squirrels and maybe a fox or two, but no Wolves. It seemed to me that the presence of Wolf as an overseer, to make sure the other wildlife would be safe, wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Problem is, Wolves get hungry; and even though they have good hearts, the result would be an ever decreasing wildlife population. Not a good plan.
If you’re read this far, keep going.
Today I went back and decided the Wolf idea still had some merit, but instead of being a wild Wolf, it needed to be a quiet, kind, well fed wolf, which brings me to my Letterbox. My Letterbox is a real Wolff’s Den. Notice the two “F”s. As I’m a kind, well fed Wolff I figured a Wolff’s Den Letterbox would embody the “protection” aura of a wild Wolf without the big downsides, and the aura would be projected through the entire woods to protect the little animals and birds that live there. Better plan, huh? The result of all this heavy thinking on my part is the “Wolff’s Den in the Bird Hills Nature Area”. In an attempt to join the 21st century, I humbled myself and adopted there “green” (I guess…) name.
Clues:
From the corner of W. Huron River Drive and Bird Road on the northwest side of Ann Arbor, turn on to Bird Road and go just over the first hill. On the right (west) side of the road you will find a small parking area and a sign that says, “Bird Hills Nature Area” (what else, right?). Park there and cross the road.
You will see two short paths several feet apart that converge at the “people” entry point in the fence. Go through the entry and take the path on the left. Soon you will see small diameter, long downed trees lying across the path that denote long steps. The steps flatten out after a little while, but the tree markers go beyond (who knows why…). Count 7 fallen trees as you go (not that it really matters much in the end, but it will give you something amusing to do as you go).
Just past the last fallen tree the path splits. Take the left path. Continue on the path for 45 steps. 10 steps off the left side of the path you will see a large old “twisty” tree framed in the “V” of two smaller trees, one on either side of it. You will find the Wolff’s Den on the far side of the tree, quietly standing guard. Please handle the box carefully and quietly so as not to screw the aura up, and put it back, very softly, in its spot. The rabbits and birds and squirrels and whatever else is hiding from you in your quest, will love you for it.
Note: I know this is a pretty simple plant to find, but it is my first. I figure if I start with something like this, anything else I plant beyond it has got to be better. Right?
Hike length: 0.5 miles
Anyway, the woods is as beautiful now as it was then. Lots of trees, wild flowers and birds singing in the trees. I’m sure there were/are rabbits and squirrels and maybe a fox or two, but no Wolves. It seemed to me that the presence of Wolf as an overseer, to make sure the other wildlife would be safe, wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Problem is, Wolves get hungry; and even though they have good hearts, the result would be an ever decreasing wildlife population. Not a good plan.
If you’re read this far, keep going.
Today I went back and decided the Wolf idea still had some merit, but instead of being a wild Wolf, it needed to be a quiet, kind, well fed wolf, which brings me to my Letterbox. My Letterbox is a real Wolff’s Den. Notice the two “F”s. As I’m a kind, well fed Wolff I figured a Wolff’s Den Letterbox would embody the “protection” aura of a wild Wolf without the big downsides, and the aura would be projected through the entire woods to protect the little animals and birds that live there. Better plan, huh? The result of all this heavy thinking on my part is the “Wolff’s Den in the Bird Hills Nature Area”. In an attempt to join the 21st century, I humbled myself and adopted there “green” (I guess…) name.
Clues:
From the corner of W. Huron River Drive and Bird Road on the northwest side of Ann Arbor, turn on to Bird Road and go just over the first hill. On the right (west) side of the road you will find a small parking area and a sign that says, “Bird Hills Nature Area” (what else, right?). Park there and cross the road.
You will see two short paths several feet apart that converge at the “people” entry point in the fence. Go through the entry and take the path on the left. Soon you will see small diameter, long downed trees lying across the path that denote long steps. The steps flatten out after a little while, but the tree markers go beyond (who knows why…). Count 7 fallen trees as you go (not that it really matters much in the end, but it will give you something amusing to do as you go).
Just past the last fallen tree the path splits. Take the left path. Continue on the path for 45 steps. 10 steps off the left side of the path you will see a large old “twisty” tree framed in the “V” of two smaller trees, one on either side of it. You will find the Wolff’s Den on the far side of the tree, quietly standing guard. Please handle the box carefully and quietly so as not to screw the aura up, and put it back, very softly, in its spot. The rabbits and birds and squirrels and whatever else is hiding from you in your quest, will love you for it.
Note: I know this is a pretty simple plant to find, but it is my first. I figure if I start with something like this, anything else I plant beyond it has got to be better. Right?
Hike length: 0.5 miles