 While this is one of the best Great Gray Owl portraits, you can refer to more photos and the story about the post-sunset activities that transpired at the Sax-Zim Bog in the Bird Photography feature in this issue.
 A female and male provide a comparison between White-winged Crossbill sexes while providing a favorite winter photograph in the process. These birds reacted to pishing, with the female singing in response.
 This image provides the most detail of the female as she sang at the top of a black spruce tree. Not normally present in the Bog, this irruption year White-winged Crossbills are plentiful in the Bog area.
 Canada Jays were regular visitors to one of the feeding stations accessible along Bog roadways, while Blue Jays were common at another feeding station that attracted a variety of birds.
 The potential of observing and photographing White-winged Crossbills was at first fleeting, but eventually fruitful as many small flocks were encountered across The Bog in northeast Minnesota.
 Switching to the South Dakota raptor drive, it was a rewarding experience to spend extra time in close association with an adult Golden Eagle, 1 among the 29 birds of prey sighted the day after Christmas.
 Half of the Red-tailed Hawks observed in SoDak were Harlan
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