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As I drive the freeways here in the metro area, I often see a red-tailed hawk sitting atop a light pole, staring intently at the ground. It sometimes seems like a very casual, over-the-shoulder look. This is a classic sit-and-wait predator.
Dragonflies: Masters of Water and Air – April 12, 2012 | What you Haven’t Heard about Lyme Disease – May 8, 2012 | St. Paul Audubon’s Annual Meeting: May 10 | 2012-2013 Proposed Budget | 2012 Spring Field Trips and Events including Warbler Weekend | Native Plant Expo and Market | Annual Fund Drive Donors | Living Green Expo
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Conservation in Galapagos: With Julia Ponder, D.V.M., Executive Director, The Raptor Center (February 2012) | Uncommon Facts about Common birds: With Stan Tekiela, Naturalist, Wildlife photographer and Writer (March 2012) | The National Audubon Society Strategic Plan | SPAS Speakers’ Bureau | Spring Warbler Weekend | Christmas Bird Count Results | Spring Sandhill Crane Festivities | Annual Fund Drive Reminder | Book Review: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
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Night’s silent hunters may live in your ‘hood
/in Bird SpotlightGreat horned owls begin nesting in late winter, with some even wearing “snow hats” as they sit on their eggs.
Beautiful Springtime Music
/in Bird SpotlightThis handsome little sparrow—and its ethereal song—often go unnoticed as it drops in for a visit before heading north.
Urban Red-tails
/in Bird SpotlightAs I drive the freeways here in the metro area, I often see a red-tailed hawk sitting atop a light pole, staring intently at the ground. It sometimes seems like a very casual, over-the-shoulder look. This is a classic sit-and-wait predator.
April/May 2012
/in CardinalDragonflies: Masters of Water and Air – April 12, 2012 | What you Haven’t Heard about Lyme Disease – May 8, 2012 | St. Paul Audubon’s Annual Meeting: May 10 | 2012-2013 Proposed Budget | 2012 Spring Field Trips and Events including Warbler Weekend | Native Plant Expo and Market | Annual Fund Drive Donors | Living Green Expo
Good looks, sweet songs
/in Bird SpotlightCardinals, one of the backyard’s most beautiful birds, are homebodies, sticking around all year long.
Swans Trumpet Once Again
/in Bird SpotlightTrumpeter swans are back from the brink, but they left one thing behind—the urge to migrate.
February/March 2012
/in CardinalConservation in Galapagos: With Julia Ponder, D.V.M., Executive Director, The Raptor Center (February 2012) | Uncommon Facts about Common birds: With Stan Tekiela, Naturalist, Wildlife photographer and Writer (March 2012) | The National Audubon Society Strategic Plan | SPAS Speakers’ Bureau | Spring Warbler Weekend | Christmas Bird Count Results | Spring Sandhill Crane Festivities | Annual Fund Drive Reminder | Book Review: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
Birds On Alert
/in Bird SpotlightWhy Feeder Birds ‘Freeze’ or Scatter. Danger can lurk in the backyard, and birds are always on the alert for signals that put them on the defensive.
Finches Spread Like Wildfire
/in Bird SpotlightTheir beautiful, year-round song led to their appeal as caged birds, but they’ve emerged as the ultimate survivors.