Meetings

Link to April 24 program: All about Flammulated Owls

  Here's the link to the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) April 24 program by Dr. Markus Mika, assistant professor at UW-La Crosse on "Making a Living when Things Heat Up: Breeding…

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Link to March 27 Program: Travis Longcore on birds and light pollution

The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) hosted Travis Longcore's presentation on light pollution and bird conservation Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. Light pollution is an additional…

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Link to Feb. 27 program recording: Linda Macaulay — A Life Lived with Birds

Linda Macaulay: Chairman of the Board Cornell Lab of Ornithology "A Life Lived with Birds" Thursday, February 27, Zoom Program (only) - 7:30 p.m. From an eagle to a blue jay, birds surround us…

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Links to Oct. 24 program recordings: Your yard as a bird-friendly habitat

Maintaining Your Yard as a Bird-friendly Habitat Angie Hong: Author and coordinator for Minnesota’s East Metro Water Education Program Angie Hong shared advice for creating bird-friendly native…

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It’s almost time for the MRVAC Holiday Auction: Save Nov. 14

The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter’s holiday auction returns this year Thursday, Nov. 14 at Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington! The auction begins at 7 p.m.  Come any time after 6 p.m.…

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Link to Sept. 26 program: The Birdchick returns to MRVAC from Alaska!

The Birdchick -- AKA Sharon Stiteler -- has returned from a stint in the shadow of Denali in Alaska and she told about it in our MRVAC program Thursday, Sept. 26. MRVAC welcomed renown writer,…

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Link to May 23 meeting/program recording: Peregrine Falcon Restoration

Here are the links to MRVAC's May 23 program on Forty Years of Peregrine Falcon Restoration by Jacquelyn Fallon, the Minnesota State coordinator and vice president of the Midwest Peregrine Society.…

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MRVAC’s April Meeting: U of M ornithology research on urban birds’ brains and swan migration

The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) invites you to join us for a "Special Report on Ornithology Research at the University of Minnesota" with Simone Maddox and David Wolfson Thursday,…

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Link to March 28 program recording: Laura Erickson’s Birding in Hawai’i

Below are the links (video and audio) to the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter's (MRVAC) March 28 program, a presentation by Laura Erickson on Birding in Hawai'i. Because of a last-minute…

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Links to Feb. 22 MRVAC “Think Like A Raven” recording

Here are the audio and video links for Dr. Marzluff's presentation:

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