Zoom-Only Event – Co-sponsored with Land of Lakes Bird Alliance

The Sax-Zim Bog is perhaps best known for winter bird-watching opportunities, especially for folks interested in northern owls, finches, and boreal forest specialists. What many visitors don’t realize while visiting in the cold and snow of winter is that the same species can be seen year-round. The greater Sax-Zim Bog ecosystem has a lot to offer in every season, playing host to diverse ecology and biology year-round. This presentation will cover some background on the region, share a little about the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, and highlight the seasons and what makes this place so unique! If you have been wanting to visit the area, but haven’t been able to decide when, this talk will serve as a great introduction to how to visit and when to visit the Sax-Zim Bog!

Clinton Dexter-Nienhausis is the Head Naturalist for the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, a position that he has held for 10 years. He is an Environmental Educator and Naturalist, and as Head Naturalist for the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, Clinton’s roles vary, including teaching and scheduling education field trips in the Sax-Zim Bog, teaching Minnesota Master Naturalist courses, coordinating a number of Citizen Science endeavors in the Sax-Zim Bog, and documenting and identifying all species found in the Sax-Zim Bog. His interests in the natural world include fish, dragonflies and damselflies, birds, reptiles and amphibians, moths and butterflies, lichens, prairie and boreal forest plant communities and ecology, beetles, ants and grasshoppers, and everything in between!

Website: saxzim.org