The sun rose and the horizon turned red at Sax-Zim Bog on our last morning there. There was something different about each day in the Bog this year. It was much warmer than in past years with temperatures well above freezing most days. The owl species we hoped to see, the Barred Owl, the Boreal Owl, the Northern Hawk Owl and, yes, our favorite from past years the Great Gray Owl, were elusive, almost none seen there in recent weeks. But, despite the dearth of some of the species we hoped to see and photograph, the Bog is a special place and the colorful sunrise, something I’d seen only once before in the seven years I’ve been coming here, reminded me of that.