by Michelle Terrell | Jul 6, 2021 | Birds
While it was not the sunny solstice evening hoped for, that did not stop a group of hearty birders from enjoying a stroll around Allemansratt Park’s Anderson Peninsula on June 20th. It was baby bird season and goslings and ducklings were parading on the lake, a...
by Michelle Terrell | May 22, 2021 | Birds
We could not have asked for a more beautiful spring day on which to resume our Wild River Audubon bird walks! On May 15th a group of 12 birders explored the Amik’s Pond loop at Wild River State Park. Migrating warblers were anticipated and they did not disappoint...
by Sue Leaf | May 3, 2021 | Birds, Environment
Leggy and elegant, the stately Great Blue Heron cuts a striking figure on Minnesota’s bird scene. We often see great blue herons wading in water on the edge of a pond, rapt and motionless, poised, it would seem, for a kill. Or they appear in the sky, necks drawn into...
by admin | Apr 23, 2021 | Birds
“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,...
by Sue Leaf | Mar 3, 2021 | Birds
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...
by Sue Leaf | Feb 16, 2021 | Birds, Environment
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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