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…
Book Review
Butterfly Gardening: North American Butterfly Association Guide, by Jane Hurwitz Published by Princeton University Press This very attractive book is a good introduction to gardening for…
Book Review: Birds of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
Birds of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: A Photographic Guide By Frédéric Jiguet & Aurélien Audevard; translated by Tony Williams Published by Princeton University Press Paper list…
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…
Citizen Science Opportunity: Phenology & Changing Seasonal Patterns
The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge has recently mapped out a series of observation points to collect data on the effects of seasonal change for several plant and animal species. These…
Support a Great Native Plant Resource
The website https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/ is a great resource for learning about Minnesota native plants; you can find flowers by bloom date or color, for example, and lots of great photos.…
MRVAC Newsletter Distribution
MRVAC's newsletter, The Trumpeter, is a valuable tool for communicating what is going on in the environmental community, great book reviews, updates on birding events and more. However, the challenge…
Support Lead-Free Public Lands and Waters
Ashley J. Peters, Audubon Minnesota Audubon has a long history of working to remove toxins from our environment and toxic lead shot is no different. Every year, eagles, swans, ducks, and other birds…
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…