The next day, still riding the high of our incredible owl sightings, I couldn’t stop thinking about one feathered friend—the elusive Snowy Owl. We had already seen three of the four legendary owls of the bog: the Great Gray Owl, the Northern Hawk-Owl, and the tiny but unforgettable Boreal Owl. Only one remained.

Determined, I asked my mom if I could borrow her phone and look into eBird, scanning recent sightings with hopeful anticipation. I held my breath as I clicked through the reports—and then, there it was. A Snowy Owl had been spotted… not in the bog, but two hours away, across Lake Superior, in Wisconsin. Two hours was a long drive and it had been spotted weeks ago. It was quite the dilemma - two hours drive and coming in empty handed. Do we try it?

Did you know that there are 19 different types of owls in North America? And I have seen eleven of them. Of those 11, six were on a trip to the adventurous winter land Sax - Zim Bog, the “Undiscovered Country” in Meadowlands, Minneapolis.

Many photographers talk a lot about their trips and photographs they take. But not many people talk about the thing that gets them their photo; a camera. In this article, we are going to explore the types of cameras, their differences, and the pros and cons of each - Nikon D90 and Sony Alpha A1.