by Joe Sausen | Apr 30, 2024 | Birds
My son Nick and I heartily recommend the birding adventures we experienced in Belize and Guatemala on a recent March trip. The nonstop flight from Minneapolis to Belize City was scheduled for an easy four-hour flight. However, on the flight there we had a 150-mph...
by Sue Leaf | Mar 4, 2024 | Birds, Environment
As the non-Winter closes, we should take a moment to ponder how it might have affected and continues to affect our native birds. This winter I noticed many eagles, both adults and immature, were still seen locally in January and February, 2024 when, in past years,...
by Sue Leaf | Mar 3, 2024 | Birds, Environment
Indoor plumbing was introduced into the United States in the 1830s, initially in wealthy homes, and later, middle-class houses. Many did not have water taps and toilets until at least the 1880s—nonetheless, lead pipes were already identified as a source of lead...
by Sue Leaf | Jan 14, 2024 | Birds, Environment
The first bird Tom and I saw for the Christmas Bird Count this year was a bedraggled Red-tailed Hawk, hunched over at the top of a large tree off County 9. It looked miserable in the rain. Its head feathers were wet and ruffled. The Red-tailed Hawk is one of the most...
by Sue Leaf | Oct 28, 2023 | Birds, Environment, Upcoming Events
On December 16th, Wild River Audubon will participate in the North American Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for the 47th year. Our CBC is the longest data-collecting endeavor in East-Central Minnesota in the history of the state. And it is not a government program, it is...
by Sue Leaf | Oct 28, 2023 | Birds, Environment
I stepped out the door to the bakery and paused. A faint bugling. Yes, cranes! Overhead! Looked up and saw perhaps twenty birds, flying high and heading south. But this wasn’t Chisago County and those weren’t Sandhill Cranes. I was on the island of Gotland in the...
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