Join us for birding at AHATS. A new hard surface one-mile path around Sunfish Lake is scheduled to be completed just in time for our birding enjoyment. If the path is not ready, we will travel by guided car caravan and practice social distancing at choice stops. The site has lots of prairie and wooded […]
Market: Purchase MN native plants from multiple growers. No systemic insecticides. Expo: Learn to select and grow native plants for pollinators, wildlife, and water quality. Visit with educators and experts from conservation and environmental organizations. Get your landscaping questions answered. Contact: info.landscape.revival.2022@gmail.com Landscape Revival Growers All of the growers will be at both events with the […]
FISH Creek Prairie Walk 6:30-8:30 has been CANCELLED due to unsafe heat plus humidity weather conditions. PT(#1) Fish Creek Prairie This is the first of three Prairie Tuesday evening walks to highlight numerous bird-native plant interactions. All are easy walks unless noted. Bring your binoculars, a 10-power magnifier (or borrow one from Chase) and consider […]
Do you like Birds? Do you like Dragonflies? Then join in the fun at Swede Hollow Park to take a closer look at dragonflies and learn of the birds who feed on them. This free fun family event is set for Saturday, July 2nd from 1 - 3 pm. Dragonfly experts will net dragonflies and […]
This is the second of three great Birding Summer Style trips offered at a variety of days and times. Why? Summer birding is more relaxed and presents possibilities for observing different behaviors once birds are settled on family territories. Birders have opportunities for lingering identifications with group interaction at a summer-time relaxed pace. The slower […]
This is the second of three prairie Tuesday evening walks to highlight numerous bird-native plant interactions. All are easy walks unless noted. Bring your binoculars, a 10-power magnifier (or borrow one from Chase) and consider a camera and bug repellent. Wear closed-toe shoes with socks above the ankle. Usually no toilet facilities on site. No […]
4191 Snail Lake Blvd., Shoreview, MN 55126 We are reviving birding by bicycle! Discover the fun of birding from a bicycle on more than 5 miles of mostly level, paved, multi-use trails that connect four lakes in Shoreview: Grass, Snail, Sucker, and Vadnais, all of which are prime birding locations for Ramsey County (top 10 […]
This is the last of three great Birding Summer Style trips offered at a variety of days and times. Why? Summer birding is more relaxed and presents possibilities for observing different behaviors once birds are settled on family territories. Birders have opportunities for lingering identifications with group interaction at a summer-time relaxed pace. The slower […]
This is the third of three Prairie Tuesday evening walks to highlight numerous bird-native plant interactions. All are easy walks unless noted. Bring your binoculars, a 10-power magnifier (or borrow one from Chase) and consider a camera and bug repellent. Wear closed-toe shoes with socks above the ankle. Usually no toilet facilities on site. No […]
279 S. Cove Rd., Hudson, WI 54016 Sunday, August 14, 8:30 - 11:00 AM We are birding at the newly expanded Wisconsin Campus of the Carpenter Nature Center. The expansion includes a visitor center, paved and mowed trails, and remote teaching areas. CNC staff will provide a brief introduction prior to our group exploring the […]
Bird Up! - Something New for the Fall This is the debut of Saint Paul Audubon’s new more informal version of birding events. Meet up at the site, and everyone will be responsible for finding and identifying the birds. SPAS will provide a convener who is familiar with the park and knows which areas to […]
Jennifer Vieth Jennifer Vieth, executive director of the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center, will tell us about designing and opening the brand-new Al & Laurie Hein Visitor Center, named after the original donors of the first 98 acres of Carpenter’s current 300-acre Wisconsin Campus. Carpenter Nature Center is 725 acres total on the Minnesota […]
