This is our third visit to Sax-Zim Bog. My brother and I partially paid for our trip with our savings and my father drove us. It is about an 8 hour drive from our home in Chicago. Sax-Zim has soooo much amazing wildlife. Below are links to the posts form our adventure. Here are links to our other trips to Sax Zim Bog in 2025 and 2024.
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| Near Camp Douglas, WI 2.21.26 |
Day 1. 2.21.26 Chicago to Hudson, WI:
Coming soon
Day 2. 2.22.26 Minneapolis, MN:
Minnesota: Kaposia Landing, South St. Paul. Pictured: Bald Eagles, Common Mergansers. Coming soon
Minnesota: Fort Snelling State Park, Minneapolis. Coming soon
Minnesota: Minnehaha Creek. Cooper's Hawk, Mallards. Coming soon
Minnesota: Minneapolis. Pictured: Long-eared Owl.
Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog. Pictured: Northern Hawk Owl, Rough-legged Hawk, Wild Turkeys, American Crows, Hairy Woodpecker, and European Starlings.
Day 3. 2.23.26 Sax-Zim, MN:
Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog I. Pictured: Barred Owl, Pine Grosbeak, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Boreal Chickadee, Hairy Woodpecker, American Red-Squirrel.
Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog II. Pictured: Canada Jays, Hairy Woodpecker, American Red-Squirrels, White-tailed Deer.
Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog III. Pictured: Two male Pine Grosbeaks.
Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog IV. Pictured: Pine Grosbeaks, Redpolls, Black-capped Chickadees, Hairy Woodpecker, American Red Squirrels.
Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog V. Pictured: Hairy Woodpecker, Pine Grosbeak, Downy Woodpecker, Pine Siskin, Redpolls, American Crows, Northern Shrike, Common Ravens, White-tailed Deer
Day 4. 2.24.26 Sax-Zim, MN to Chicago:
Minnesota: Sax Zim Bog. Pictured: Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Common Raven, Swans.
