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Mid-Summer Quiet
Mid-July is a quiet part of the summer for birds. Most birds have nested and the young have fledged. Most adults species will still be feeding the…
Jul 21
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Birding Hotspot: Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, Michigan
Piping Plovers and Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Jul 13
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Upper Mississippi Bottomlands
“Bottomland hardwood ecosystems are deciduous forested wetlands, made up of different species of of trees which have the ability to survive in areas…
Jul 6
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Red, White and Blue
A celebration of the Elderberry Shrubs
Jul 4
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June 2024
A Celebration of the Upper Mississippi's Floodplains
These floodplains - free from levee infrastructure - support abundant wildlife.
Jun 27
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Bobolink
The grassland blackbird
Jun 18
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Chickadees and Caterpillars
This time of year, adult chickadees are very busy catching caterpillars to feed their young.
Jun 12
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Pagoda Dogwood
An all-around ornamental tree for birds
Jun 3
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May 2024
A Break for Mammals
As the spring bird migration is winding down, the local mammals have been active in the backyard.
May 29
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The American Elm and its importance for warblers
The American Elm as a specimen tree is so diminished now due to the decades-long problem of Dutch Elm Disease (DED). From the 1960’s on, when the…
May 25
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A busy week of birding
Peak migration week has begun in Minnesota. As I am writing this post on Sunday night, eighteen million birds are estimated to be in the night sky of…
May 13
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First Big Wave of May Migrants
Saturday morning started out raining with very little bird song.
May 6
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