Birds of the Bog 16 January 2010
Pine Grosbeak in the Sax Zim Bog
Living in Northwest Wisconsin has its ecological privileges. At 45 degrees North Latitude, I live on a famous ecological tension zone. My own home rests neatly between eastern deciduous forests dominated by sugar maple, black ash, and basswood, the southern reaches of boreal forest characterized by white pine, paper birch, tamarack, and spruce, and the northern extent of prairie bluestem and oak savanna. Just two hours to my north, influenced by Lake Superior, a truly boreal forest community exists, complete with balsam fir, black spruce, moose, wolves, the occasional Canada lynx, and the birds so characteristic of the taiga. Every year, I try to make at least one trip into the Sax Zim Bog to enjoy the flavor of the North American Taiga.
Gray Jay, a bird of the boreal forest
The Perfect Perch quest continues as I search through the last decade of my own work for good, sharp, clean birds on perfect perches. All of these images were made with a Canon Rebel XTi and a Canon EF 300mm f4 L IS lens.
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