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My Sax-Zim Bog Birding Trips - Winter 2012

Here are just a few of the beautiful sights of scenery, birds & more that can be seen at Sax-Zim Bog; a beautiful, rustic black spruce/tamarack bog located in northeastern Minnesota! All of the photos in this gallery were taken while I was leading birding trips to this bog. Enjoy!
Early Sunrise
Early Sunrise		 Late Sunrise
Late Sunrise		 Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle		 I'm feeding a Black-capped Chickadee!
I'm feeding a Black-capped Chickadee!		 Aron feeding a Black-capped Chickadee
Aron feeding a Black-capped Chickadee		 Aron feeding a Black-capped Chickadee
Aron feeding a Black-capped Chickadee
Wolf Tracks
Wolf Tracks		 Black-capped Chickadees on the suet
Black-capped Chickadees on the suet		 Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch		 Drive through the bog!
Drive through the bog!		 Gray Jay, coming in for a landing
Gray Jay, coming in for a landing		 Gray Jays are so fluffy!
Gray Jays are so fluffy!
Male Black-backed Woodpecker
Male Black-backed Woodpecker		 Arctic Fluffball (Rough-legged Hawk)
Arctic Fluffball (Rough-legged Hawk)		 Distant Northern Shrike
Distant Northern Shrike		 Adult male Merlin, enjoying an early-morning, feathered snack
Adult male Merlin, enjoying an early-morning, feathered snack		 Adult male Merlin, enjoying an early-morning, feathered snack
Adult male Merlin, enjoying an early-morning, feathered snack		 Sunset in the bog, on a cloudy evening
Sunset in the bog, on a cloudy evening
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee		 Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee		 BCCH really good one2.jpg
BCCH really good one2.jpg		 Boreal Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee		 Boreal Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee		 Common Redpoll with a flurry of Black-caped Chickadees
Common Redpoll with a flurry of Black-caped Chickadees
Hairy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker		 Hairy Woodpecker taking off
Hairy Woodpecker taking off		 Red-breasted Nuthatch in the feeder
Red-breasted Nuthatch in the feeder		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Crossbill
Crossbill		 Ermine!!!
Ermine!!!		 Squirrel... Seeds? They're all gone? It wasn't me...
Squirrel... Seeds? They're all gone? It wasn't me...		 Black-billed Magpie
Black-billed Magpie		 Male Hoary Redpoll (left) and Male Common Redpoll (right)
Male Hoary Redpoll (left) and Male Common Redpoll (right)		 Gray Jay
Gray Jay
Gray Jay
Gray Jay		 Gray Jay
Gray Jay		 Gray Jay coming in for a landing!
Gray Jay coming in for a landing!		 Pine Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak		 Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl		 Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Sax-Zim Bog sunset
Sax-Zim Bog sunset		 Hoarfrost on a jack pine
Hoarfrost on a jack pine		 The flow of hoarfrost
The flow of hoarfrost		 Hoarfrost jack pine
Hoarfrost jack pine		 Hoarfrost morning
Hoarfrost morning		 Pine Grosbeak on hoarfrost-glazed jack pine
Pine Grosbeak on hoarfrost-glazed jack pine
Hairy Woodpecker (male)
Hairy Woodpecker (male)		 Hairy Woodpecker... zoom!
Hairy Woodpecker... zoom!		 Boreal Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee		 Rough-legged Haw
Rough-legged Haw		 Sharp-tailed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse		 Fluffed-up Red-breasted Nuthatch
Fluffed-up Red-breasted Nuthatch
Female Evening Grosbeak
Female Evening Grosbeak		 Common Redpolls, American Goldfinches, Pine Siskins!
Common Redpolls, American Goldfinches, Pine Siskins!		 Grosbeaks galore! Female Pine Grosbeak (diving, left), male and female Evening Grosbeaks (on tray)
Grosbeaks galore! Female Pine Grosbeak (diving, left), male and female Evening Grosbeaks (on tray)		 So much life in the northwoods, even during the mid-winter months!
So much life in the northwoods, even during the mid-winter months!		 The American Goldfinch ponders... Where are your table manners, Evening Grosbeaks?
The American Goldfinch ponders... Where are your table manners, Evening Grosbeaks?		 Sunset at the bog... it was a very brisk, crisp, and beautiful night!
Sunset at the bog... it was a very brisk, crisp, and beautiful night!
Sunset at the bog... it was a very brisk, crisp, and beautiful night!
Sunset at the bog... it was a very brisk, crisp, and beautiful night!		 Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee		 Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl		 Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl		 Pair of Gray Jays
Pair of Gray Jays		 Pine Siskin, looking cute as ever!
Pine Siskin, looking cute as ever!
Pine Siskin, preening the scapular (shoulder) area
Pine Siskin, preening the scapular (shoulder) area		 Pine Siskin... phew, does it smell under there? No, because birds do not have sweat glands!
Pine Siskin... phew, does it smell under there? No, because birds do not have sweat glands!		 Common Redpoll among Pine Siskins
Common Redpoll among Pine Siskins		 Arctic Fluffball (Rough-legged Hawk), taking off!
Arctic Fluffball (Rough-legged Hawk), taking off!		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk		 Snow Buntings
Snow Buntings		 Two groups of birdwatchers that I showed around this past weekend. We had such a fun time!
Two groups of birdwatchers that I showed around this past weekend. We had such a fun time!

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Mike18-Sep-2012 03:43
would love to visit sax-zim let me know of future visits. michaelgburnett@comcast.net
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