by Chuck Kartak | Jan 27, 2021 | Birds
I biked along Sax Zim Bog on Highway 7 in 2005 during a 500 mile four day adventure race with son Zack and two buddies, but didn’t start making winter trips to the bog in search of owls until about six years ago. Since then I’ve made three trips a year and have found...
by Sue Leaf | Jan 24, 2021 | Birds, Environment
Despite the pandemic, Wild River Audubon’s 45th annual Christmas Bird Count went off without a hitch. On December 19, 2020, 38 participants fanned out in our count circle of fifteen-miles diameter, centered at County Roads 12 and 20, or counted at their backyard...
by Sue Leaf | Jan 24, 2021 | Birds
Hiking along the Temperance River on the North Shore in early November, I was looking for birds. Our list that weekend was miserably low. A yellowish-streaky bird with white wing bars flitted past me and landed in a nearby spruce. At last, I thought. A Goldfinch. But...
by Sue Leaf | Jan 24, 2021 | Birds, Environment
A recent column by StarTribune staff writer Dennis Anderson covered the proposed changes to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources waterfowl hunting regulations. See “DNR’s proposed duck rule changes run afoul of reality”. The proposed...
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