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Oct 6

September 2024

A busy week of migration

The last seven days has had a steady stream of migrants passing through.

Sep 28

Black-throated Green

One of our boreal forest warblers

Sep 22

A September day watching the loons

There is never a more symbolic or beloved bird of the clear, crisp northern lake country than the Common Loon.

Sep 18

The yellow before all the reds

Sep 6

August 2024

August landscapes at Sherburne NWR

A quick trip up to Sherburne in Zimmerman MN yielded some neat landscapes on a hot, hazy day.

Aug 29

Gray Tree Frogs

Our summer night singers

Aug 22

Peak Bird Mass in North America

This is the time of year when the adult birds that arrived in spring are now combined with all the fledglings of the summer to create a peak population…

Aug 16

Giant Blue Hyssop

Native perennial with licorice-scented leaves

Aug 1

July 2024

Mid-Summer Quiet

Mid-July is a quiet part of the summer for birds.

Jul 21

Birding Hotspot: Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, Michigan

Piping Plovers and Great Lakes Shipwrecks

Jul 13

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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