Summer in Sax-Zim Bog is delightful. While I will enjoy watching my Great Grays hunt on dark cold days this winter, right now I am enjoying the summer sun. Here are a few photographs from yesterday’s expedition … from the departing thunderheads a bit before sunrise to these Sandhill Cranes about an hour after sunup.

These two cranes hang out in the meadow about 800 yards south of Sax Road. Shortly after sunrise they walk over to the railroad tracks along Hwy #7 which Is where I almost always find them. Perhaps they light to eat taconite (spilled along the tracks)!?