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Life of Bluebirds

"Life of Bluebirds" by Chuck Kartak is a 2 minute video available on the Wild River Audubon YouTube channel. Chuck,retired state park ranger and now an avid wildlife photographer, photographed these bluebirds at a friend’s home near North Branch, Minnesota. In 2020 he...

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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

We had two inches of fresh snow last night and the landscape is wintry as I write this, so it is hard to believe that in just three weeks it is likely we will hear the first Red-winged Blackbirds in local marshes. T.S. Roberts records the earliest arrival in...

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Protecting Our Birds from Lead Poisoning

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to view a short movie filmed by the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center. The film showed a mature Bald Eagle writhing in the throes of a painful death from lead poisoning. Dr. Pat Redig, the director of the Center at the...

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