Hi All, Friends of Sax-Zim Bog's third annual Bog BioBlitz was held Saturday June 27th.
50 participants and 10 leaders turned up over 400 species of birds, mammals, butterflies, dragonflies, spiders, orchids, sedges, wildflowers, amphibians, fish and more. Highlights included over 1300 Showy Ladyslippers, 38 species of sedges, a rare spider (Uloborus glomosus), 16 species of warblers, First County Record of Elfin Skimmer (North America's tiniest dragonfly), Yellow-throated Vireo, Black Bear, Red Fox, a couple unusual moths, 7 new fish species for the Bog and much more! SEE PHOTOS OF CRITTERS, PLANTS (AND HUMANS!) HERE: http://www.saxzim.org/bog-blog/ Bog BioBlitz IV will be next summer (2016). Hope you can join us! Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall MN 55797 218.341.3350 sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com www.KollathStensaas.com www.SaxZim.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
