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...
by Sue Leaf | Nov 9, 2020 | Birds, Environment, Upcoming Events
1) First of all, find out if you live in our Audubon Count Circle. To give you a rough idea, our circle’s epicenter is at County Roads 20 and 12, and extends for a radius of 7.5 miles in all directions. If you think your feeder is within the count circle, text, call...
by Sue Leaf | Nov 4, 2020 | Birds
Our woods are alive with bird chatter as I write. A large flock of robins have dropped in and are hanging out in our woods and they have a lot to say! They forage through the leaf litter, peruse the branches for a rare berry still on the branch, and drink from our...
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