The Christmas Bird Count is the nation's longest running community science bird project. It provides ample data which is useful for both the scientific community and everyone at large.
For more information on the tentative Christmas Bird Count at Icelandic State Park, contact Seth Owens at sowens@pheasantsforever.org or Keith Corliss at kcor708@gmail.com.
The NLC hoped to receive a $6.5 million bonding bill request from the state, but Minnesota lawmakers failed to pass the projects bill in May of this year.
The snowies have come again.Snowy owls, denizens of the high Arctic with more than 4-foot wingspans, are showing up in large numbers across Minnesota and other Great Lakes states this winter. Many also have been seen along the New England coast.S...
Ahem, dear reader: The subject this week is bird breasts.To be sure, the breast is not the first part to examine when trying to identify a bird. The general impression of the bird is the first thing to notice: its size, shape, length, the size of...
The bird to associate with last week's weather is the hermit thrush.This thrush is an early migrant. It's not abundant, by any means, but sometimes it occurs in quite large numbers.That happened last week.Sunday's snowstorm interrupted the northw...
The killdeer is a familiar bird, perhaps as well known as the robin. Like the robin, it is a reliable sign of spring. The killdeer signals spring in places other than the robin, however. Robins hop around on our lawns, while killdeer run around b...
A story is beginning to emerge on the peregrine falcons that have taken up residence in a nest box atop an elevator on the south side of Crookston.Regional raptor expert Tim Driscoll of Grand Forks said he was able to get the number of the male p...
Last week brought an influx of rough-legged hawks to our area that was both larger and earlier than expected.Matt Spoor alerted Grand Cities Bird Club members to the phenomenon. He reported seeing 35 rough-legged hawks in the grasslands areas nor...
