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STAFF BLOG ASTRO BOB The magic of Harvest Moon birdwatching
Where is the interface between the cosmos and planet Earth? Everywhere. Watching birds fly across the shiny coin of the Harvest Moon last night was but one example. Every September anyone with a tel...
Posted on 9/12/11 at 11:47 AM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTY In the Yard
These little birds are so ugly that only a Mama and Papa bird could love them. Far Guy reported a while back that there was a nest with an egg in it near one of the honeysuckle vines that ...
Posted on 6/10/11 at 5:12 AM
LAGNIAPPE Going to the birds
When I looked out the window into our backyard on a recent morning, my first thought was, We got TPd. A strip of what was obviously toilet paper was hanging from one of the lights on the garage. Since...
Posted on 5/17/11 at 7:23 AM
STAFF BLOG OUTDOORS WITH SAM COOK Swans on the Nett Lake River
I happened onto these two swans a-swimming in the Nett Lake River after a duck hunt last Friday. I'm calling them trumpeter swans. Tundra swans are similar but usually have a small yellow patch just...
Posted on 10/19/10 at 9:15 AM
Birders spot more species than normal during Duluth’s Christmas Bird Count 
Birders counted 63 species in Duluth’s annual Christmas Bird Count, held Dec. 17 in the Duluth area. Fifty-five birders took part in the event, one of thousands across the country.
By News Tribune staff , December 25, 2011
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Northland Nature: Annual Christmas bird count a useful practice
Birds wintering in the Northland are either those that breed here and remain for the winter or those that migrate from the north to spend the cold season with us.
By Larry Weber , December 23, 2010
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Northland Nature: All hail the aptly named snow buntings of November
Breeding in the tundra, snow buntings are at home in open spaces. Here, despite the cold and wind often felt at such sites, these birds do quite well.
By Larry Weber , November 28, 2010
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A view from Hawk Ridge: Human and hawk share a heartbeat during a stop on the great migration
She is 3 months old, with golden irises in her unblinking eyes. This female sharp-shinned hawk— “my” sharp-shinned hawk, but I know better — is on her way to wintering in Central America. She was born in northern Minnesota or southern Canada, was just netted and banded, and will be released in minutes.
By Susu Jeffrey , September 28, 2010
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Viral disease kills thousands of birds on Minnesota lakes
Pelicans, cormorants and gulls are dying on several Minnesota lakes this summer, apparently from a viral disease that flares up every two years.
By John Myers , August 27, 2010
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Do it: Look up
Often on warm evenings this time of year, you can look at the sky over open areas and see lots of nighthawks migrating.
August 22, 2010
Harley spends part of summer at Lake Vermilion
Harley the motorcycle-riding bald eagle has flown north to the western bays of Lake Vermilion after spending part of his summer along the St. Louis River and in the Sax-Zim bog area.
By John Myers , August 21, 2010
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Northland Nature: The early migration of shorebirds noteworthy
Warm temperatures, a garden that is producing and lots of flowers in bloom — this hardly seems like a time that we might observe migration among the local birds. But it is happening now, as it does every August.
By Larry Weber , August 09, 2010
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Downtown ducklings hatch in perilous spot
Yet another hen mallard has picked an unlikely downtown spot to lay her eggs: in the former KDLH TV parking lot on Superior Street at Fifth Avenue West.
By John Myers , July 23, 2010
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