May 2, 2021
If you like the Sax-Zim bog, you’ve gotta see this!
In a beautiful new short film, Tomas Koeck takes you on a tour of what makes the boreal forest -- and our own Sax-Zim bog -- so special. The National Audubon Society and the folks who work…
April 19, 2021
Link to: April MRVAC Program — Waterbird Use of the North Ottawa Impoundment
Here's the link to the April MRVAC program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Christine Herwig talk about waterbird use at the North Ottawa Impoundment. Christine is assistant regional…
March 24, 2021
2020 Christmas Bird Count Results
By Rick Magee It was as a December day, Saturday the 19th. Overcast, cold, but not as cold as other years being between 25 and 30 degrees above zero with no precipitation and little wind. Snow cover…
March 22, 2021
LINK TO: March 25 meeting: Rob Schultz on Wolves & Cheetahs
Rob Shultz, executive director of Audubon Minnesota, will talk about his research on cheetahs in Namibia at the March 25 MRVAC meeting. The presentation will focus on the approach to predator…
March 1, 2021
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…
February 14, 2021
February Program Link: Owls of the Eastern Ice with Dr. Jonathan Slaght
Join MRVAC members and guests Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. CST to hear Dr. Jonathan Slaght (rhymes with “cat”), the Minnesota author who recently published the Times Nature Book of the Year, Owls…
February 4, 2021
Kaufman January MRVAC program recording now available
Kenn Kaufman's Jan. 28 program on the "Secret Superheroes of Birding" was recorded and is now available. Click on the link below. GoToMeeting Transcripts
January 26, 2021
January 28 meeting: Kenn Kaufman, “Secret Superheroes”
Author, guide and birding expert Kenn Kauffman will be the speaker at MRVAC’s January program – and you’ll find out about the “secret superheroes” of birding Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. When we…
November 11, 2020
Give to the Max and help MRVAC
By Bob Williams This has been a difficult year for everyone. It has also been difficult for MRVAC to achieve some of its financial goals for the year that help us with birding and other conservation…
November 2, 2020
Laura Erickson’s October Zoom Talk Now Available
Laura Erickson’s Zoom talk featuring her new book, “The Love Lives of Birds: Courting and Mating Rituals,” was so popular in our October 26 meeting -- we had more than 100 people from all over the…