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Blue Jays Get a Bad Rap

These handsome birds are worth a second look as they barrel through each day without any need for assertiveness training.

The Incredible Egg

Mother Nature designed an ingenious package for a young bird’s first few weeks of life.

June/July 2012

Summer Butterfly Census | Val Cunningham Receives Award | Five Reasons Why Clean Renewable Energy is Needed | Volunteer at our 9TH Birding Camp! | Rachel Lilly Preserve | Biking & Birding, Elm Creek Park Reserve | Summer Nesters | Long Lake Prairie in Bloom

Nature’s Turncoats

These “wild canaries” are highly social, spending most of their time feeding, flying and even sleeping as a flock.

Night’s silent hunters may live in your ‘hood

Great horned owls begin nesting in late winter, with some even wearing “snow hats” as they sit on their eggs.

Beautiful Springtime Music

This handsome little sparrow—and its ethereal song—often go unnoticed as it drops in for a visit before heading north.

Urban Red-tails

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.

April/May 2012

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

Good looks, sweet songs

Cardinals, one of the backyard’s most beautiful birds, are homebodies, sticking around all year long.