Seeds for Change

Fifty people turned out on a dark January evening to listen to retired middle school teacher Pat Collins speak on the importance of native plants as food sources in the food web. With humans occupying so much of the earth’s surface and modifying it for their own...

The Christmas Bird Count

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...

How to Count Birds at a Bird Feeder

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...

Annual Christmas Bird Count

Wild River Audubon chapter will conduct their 44th Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on Saturday, December 14th.  These bird watchers will try to accurately count as may birds as possible in the 15-mile circle that includes the Chisago Lakes Area, Taylors Falls, Franconia,...