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
Birds Eating Weirdly
/in Bird SpotlightBirds 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
/in CardinalJoin 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
/in Bird SpotlightStanding 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
/in CardinalJoin 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
Songs subside as birds rear their young
/in Bird SpotlightBeaks stuffed full of insects to feed their young, most birds have retired their exuberant songs.
Blue Jays Get a Bad Rap
/in Bird SpotlightThese handsome birds are worth a second look as they barrel through each day without any need for assertiveness training.
The Incredible Egg
/in Bird SpotlightMother Nature designed an ingenious package for a young bird’s first few weeks of life.
June/July 2012
/in CardinalSummer 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
/in Bird SpotlightThese “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
/in Bird SpotlightGreat horned owls begin nesting in late winter, with some even wearing “snow hats” as they sit on their eggs.