Birding
It’s the Bird-a-thon weekend — Aug. 27-28
Heads up! (That way you can see the fall migrants better, eh?) This is a reminder that the 2022 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Birding Weekend is Aug. 27-28. Visit your favorite birding spots…
Recording of March 24 Program – Bird Song: Ten Lessons in Listening
The recording of the March MRVAC program from well-known author and ornithologist Donald Kroodsma is now available at the link below. Kroodsma one of the world’s leading experts on the science of…
Bird-a-Thon Challenge 2020
Because of COVID-19, MRVAC has moved the 2020 Bird-a-Thon Challenge back a month to June. So don't panic: You haven't missed it. Polish up your birding skills for the 2020 MRVAC Bird-a-Thon…
Red-headed Woodpecker Recovery
By Jim Stengel, Red-Headed Woodpeckery Recovery The Red-headed Woodpecker Recovery project (RhWR) is now in its twelfth year of working to halt the decline and promote the recovery of Red-Headed…
Birders and Birding
The older I get the more I like birders, the younger ones especially. Yes, we older birders are OK, even with our faults and some of us, who are really old, with our ignorance of the digital age. I…
Frontenac – Minnesota’s Best Birding
By Bob Janssen, MRVAC President Elect It was May 11, 1947, a Saturday morning, and I was on my way to look at birds at Frontenac, the warbler capital of Minnesota. I was 14 years old and I couldn’t…
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman. Penguin Press, 2016 Review by Anne Hanley If you enjoyed the David Attenborough Life of Birds episode about the Bower birds’ decorating skills or the Nature show describing…