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MRVAC & the Loons (soccer species)

Minnesota Loons major league soccer and MRVAC!  Wait.  What?  Soccer, not the bird?  Turns out this year, it’s both. Loons are something to listen to and look at in wonder – and mark down on our…

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Long-time MRVAC volunteer Doug Mayo passed away May 6 after a year of illness.

Long-time MRVAC volunteer Doug Mayo passed away on May 6 after a year of illness. “He was home on hospice in my loving care when he passed peacefully,” his wife Susan reports. She said, “he bore his…

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Becky Lystig’s memorial service April 30

There will be an informal gathering to share memories and celebrate Becky Lystig's life at Wood Lake Nature Center (6710 Lake Shore Drive, Richfield) Sunday, April 30, from 2-4 p.m. with short…

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Birding weekend fundraiser a hit!

By Bob Williams MRVAC Board member This year’s Aug. 27-28 fundraiser was a great success, and MRVAC thanks you for helping raise funds for birds and their habitats! Although we only received…

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Maintaining feeders during the bird flu infestation

By Rob Daves Avian influenza – AKA the “bird flu” – has been detected in domestic poultry and wild birds in Minnesota (Blue Earth, Hennepin, Anoka counties).  But what does that mean to those of us…

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Feb. 24 MRVAC Program recording: Spiders in Minnesota

Chad Heins, associate professor of biology at Bethany Lutheran College, used humor and great presentations skills to spin a tale about how a simple question about Minnesota’s spiders entangled him in…

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Burnsville bluebirds could use some help

The city of Burnsville is looking for volunteers interested in building, installing, or monitoring bluebird boxes in select parks. The city has been turning about 10 acres of mostly turf grass to…

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October program: Dr. Elena West and the Red-Headed Woodpecker Project

PLEASE NOTE:  A RECORDING OF THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE. Find out what an intense study of Minnesota's largest concentration of red-headed woodpeckers has revealed about migration routes and…

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Owls of the Eastern Ice Program: Follow-up and Link Instructions

Dr. Jonathan Slaght, the  Minnesota author who recently published the Times Nature Book of the Year, Owls of the Eastern Ice, followed up on the tales of his adventure with this photo of him standing…

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