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December 2012/January 2013

In Defense of Crows with Clay Christiansen – December 13th General Meeting | “Today’s Office” with Sharon Stitler – January 10th General Meeting | 2012 Christmas Bird Count is Coming December 15th | SPAS Annual Fund Drive | SPAS Nominating Committee announces 2013-2014 Board | Kestrel Nesting Sites | The Fledging Birders’ Institute | Book Review: Adventures with Hip Hop Parrots, Cantankerous Cassowaries, Crabby Crows, Peripatetic Pigeons, Hens, Hawks, and Hummingbirds | The GBBC is Going Global!

Downies, the Pocket-Sized Woodpeckers

As the season changes, our ‘old reliables’ are moving back to center stage in backyards and at bird feeders.

Birds Eating Weirdly

Birds don’t always order off the regular menu, including a robin who makes his own jelly worms to orioles dining on corn on the cob.

October/November 2012

Join us Thursday, Oct 11th for Bees: What do They do for Us, and What Can We do for Them? With Elaine Evans, Entomologist, University of Minnesota, October 11, 2012 | Recent Changes in Minnesota Bird Life with Bob Janssen, ‘The Birdman of Minnesota’, Nov 8, 2012 | Audubon Minnesota’s Annual Bird Conservation Celebration, October 20th | The Christmas Bird Count is coming… And this year its FREE! | BOOK REVIEW: Hawk Ridge: Minnesota’s Birds of Prey

Cranes families are on the move

Standing in a large wooden viewing box in the pitch dark on early April morning, a group of us waited for thousands of sandhill cranes to awaken.

August/September 2012

Join us September 13th for our member Meeting featuring Michelle LaRue from the University of Minnesota. Michelle will be presenting a on Emperor Penguins and Antarctica. | A Summer Adventure Off the Rocky Coast of Maine | Emperor Penguins | NABA Butterfly Count | The Sparrows of Fall | Chimney Swift Site