Obsessed by bogs!

Every mile or so in Ontario there’s a bog.
Some bogs are swampy ponds and others are cattail farms.
Some look like dead tree cemeteries and others are bushy groves.
And, some are softwood trees growing in a forest depression.

Every mile or so in Ontario there is a bog.
Some can be fished and others can be slogged.
Some are flooded from rain and others by spring snow-melt.
And, some are dried from beaver dams held firm.

Every mile or so in Ontario there is a bog.
Some are populated by herons and egrets and others by red-wings and wrens.
Some are fished by diving kingfishers and others are swum by muskrats and snakes.
And, some are nesting places for warblers and nuthatches.

Every mile or so in Ontario there is a bog.
Over years, changing from lake to swamp.
From from swamp to marsh.
From Marsh to bushy and tree-dotted pre-forest.
And, from pre-forest to softwoods in transition to forest.

There are bogs everywhere in Ontario ... a boring lecture this biologist is willing to give to all who are interested.