by Joe Sausen | Jan 9, 2022 | Birds, Environment
Forty-three species seen!The Wild River Audubon Chapter had 28 people counting birds in our area on December 18th during our 46th annual Christmas Bird Count, CBC. Eleven people counted birds coming to their bird feeders, while the others travelled within the 15-mile...
by Sue Leaf | Dec 12, 2021 | Birds, Environment
In 1936, Dr. T. S. Roberts and his assistant, Walter Breckenridge, were driving on the road between Minneapolis and Madison, Wisconsin, heading to the American Ornithologists Union annual meeting in Pittsburgh, when they beheld a magnificent sight. A large flock of...
by Sue Leaf | Dec 12, 2021 | Birds, Environment
The days grow cooler, the nights are longer and folks begin to think about refilling their bird feeders that they might have let sit empty during the summer. Before you fill you feeders with fresh seed from Wild River Audubon’s birdseed sale, though, take a few...
by Gloria Peterson | Sep 29, 2021 | Birds, Environment
Last spring thousands of bluebirds were lost when they encountered wet, freezing weather while migrating north through the central states. As the monitor of the bluebird trail in Wild River State Park, I wondered how many of “my” bluebirds would return to the park’s...
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 Tom Anderson | May 3, 2021 | Environment
Last summer we put our 2004 Prius out to pasture at 284,000 miles. It was time to leap to an electric vehicle (EV). While the upfront cost of an EV is more than many gas-powered cars, over time it costs much less. It is cheaper to power, and has virtually no...
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