Goat in Minnesota tests positive for HPAI
AVMA News
MARCH 26, 2024
A juvenile goat on a Minnesota farm is the first U.S. case of a U.S. case of a domestic ruminant succumbing to highly pathogenic avian influenza.
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Minnesota creates title protection, licensure pathway for veterinary technicians
AVMA News
MAY 30, 2024
Veterinary technicians will now be included in Minnesota’s Veterinary Practice Act after a bill included in an omnibus package was approved by the Minnesota state legislature on May 19 and signed into law soon after by Governor Tim Walz.
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AVMA fellow places with Minnesota congresswoman
AVMA News
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Betty McCollum of Minnesota as part of the AVMA Fellowship Program. Mariah Lancaster will spend the next year as a scientific adviser in the office of U.S.
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Minnesota VMA – Feb. 2-4, 2023
AVMA News
MARCH 8, 2023
The Minnesota VMA held its annual meeting from Feb. 2-4 in Minneapolis. The MVMA presented awards and seated new officials.
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Minnesota, a Winter Owl Wonderland
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2013
As for myself, in January of 2013, I finally took a much anticipated trip up to their world of ice and snow in northeastern Minnesota in search of them. My first day in Minnesota included a visit to Sax-Zim Bog, the most famous (and rightly so) birding hotspot in the region.
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BP Oil Spill Effecting Minnesota Birds
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2012
The spill that keeps on giving – now petroleum compounds and the chemicals used to clean up the oil from BP’s massive spill two years ago in the Gulf of Mexico are showing up in eggs of breeding birds in Minnesota.
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AVMA fellow joins Washington congresswoman’s office
AVMA News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Bishop AVMA Fellow, Dr. Michael Streitz of Minnesota, will spend his AVMA congressional fellowship with U.S. The 2024-25 George W. Congresswoman Kim Schrier’s office, who has represented Washington state’s 8th Congressional District since 2019.
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Scholars symposium combines veterinary student research, professional development
AVMA News
AUGUST 29, 2024
Nearly 600 veterinary students from around the world attended the Veterinary Scholars Symposium, held August 8-10 at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Midwest Veterinary Supply sentenced to one year probation, pays $11M for misbranded drugs
AVMA News
JUNE 21, 2023
Minnesota-based drug company Midwest Veterinary Supply recently was sentenced to one year of probation and agreed to pay more than $11 million in criminal fines and forfeiture for unlawfully distributing more than $10 million in misbranded drugs from 2011-21.
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Humane Society Cites Abuses at University of Minnesota
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2010
Media-Newswire.com) - The Humane Society of the United States has obtained government reports showing that the University of Minnesota has violated federal standards of care for animals in laboratories. University of Minnesota should publicly affirm its commitment to minimizing the suffering of animals in its research labs.".
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama. In contrast, the Collaborative has checklists from all but one of the 20 states with the most checklists, the exception being Minnesota. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.
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Available Rescue Resources in North Dakota & Minnesota
Critter News
MARCH 31, 2009
Equestrian Mag has provided this information on rescue efforts going on in Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Can An Early Arriving Spring Bird Survive Late Snow?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2013
I was reminded this week as Minnesota received a few more inches of snow and some sub zero wind chills. If finches can survive a Minnesota winter…herons will be fine. Minnesota is known for a long harsh winter like many states in the northern U.S. ” The answer?
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228 Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Pelicans
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
Though he destroyed more than 1,000 nests worth of chicks and eggs of the American White Pelican nearly obliterating a colony on land he rented, a guilty plea by Minnesota farmer Craig Staloch means that he faces, at most, six months in jail.
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How To Tell If A Hawk Is In Your Yard
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2012
We had a snow storm approaching Minnesota last weekend and the day before I headed over to the bird feeders at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge to see if they were getting any Pine Siskins or Common Redpolls (surprisingly, no). The feeders were incredibly active which is to be expected before a snow storm.
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Two Bald Eagles Survive Crash Landing
10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2013
” In the case of two Bald Eagles at the Duluth International Airport in Minnesota, the landing was of the not-so-smooth variety. The other was transferred to the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center with deep talon wounds, but was expected to do well. During transport to a rehab center, one eagle made a quick escape.
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Labor Day & Hummingbird Feeders
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
It is possible to see birds like the above female Ruby-throated Hummingbird well into October in northern states like Minnesota. Some of the unusual species we’ve documented here in Minnesota in the fall include Magnificent Hummingbird (above), Costa’s Hummingbird and Green Violetear. How does she know???
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NYC mystery warbler: Odd Blackpoll, hybrid, or Carbonated Warbler?
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2015
I also found this 1995 account of a warbler in Minnesota that bore similarities both to the bird I saw this morning and to Audubon’s Carbonated Warbler, to which the Minnesota observers compared their bird. Not all the details fit, but David Sibley described some of the reasons that work should be taken with a grain of salt.
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A Survey of U.S. Birders
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2021
The survey was a join effort with the University of Minnesota. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and University of Minnesota. Citation: Patton, Stephanie. National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons. Paul, MN 55108.
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264 The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota): 274,000; $4.2 Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 million; 293 jobs. Laguna Atascosa NWR (Texas): 485,000; $12.1 million; 412. Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana): 178,000; $4.5 million; 45. Malheur NWR (Oregon): 210,000; $30.1; million; 31. Parker River NWR (Massachusetts): 687,000; $17.2
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Angry Birds Hitting Your Windows
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2011
I work part time for the National Park Service (although, we’ll see what happens this weekend if there’s a federal government shutdown) and our visitor center is located in the Science Museum of Minnesota. Last week, I noticed a familiar site as I passed the museum’s fleet of vehicles. How about you?
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Snowy Owl Invasion!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.
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When Feeding Birds Runs Amuck
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2011
There was a man in Minnesota who was recently charged with a misdemeanor for violating Bloomington’s city code on feeding wildlife because he was scattering seed on the ground and he wasn’t just scattering a few handfuls, witnesses had video of him dumping bags out, even after being warned about the ordinance. She added more corn.
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Think Outside Of The Nest Box
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2013
I see them all over in marshes in Minnesota but I had never seen a duck use one. It’s called Woodworking for Wildlife and even though it’s put out by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, it can apply in other areas as well. If you live near water, you can try some duck nesting tubes.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2011
Here’s a great article about Bob Janssen, a 79-year-old birder from Minnesota who has been birding since his teenage years. ”Citizen birder” has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2012
The 2012 event was held at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. On a Minnesota Birding Facebook page, someone related a story of finding four people taking photos of the birds only instead of standing at the dam, they were in the mud…well sinking in to the mud.
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Corn Train Derailment Causes Bird Invasion
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 3, 2011
Locke Lake in Fridley, Minnesota was the site of a train derailment this past July. The train was carrying corn and dumped tons of grain into the lake. Now the lake has been invaded by thousands of ducks and geese , far more than the usual dozen or so birds.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 22, 2011
I stuffed it in my pocket and decided to take it to Richard Oehlenschlager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. But those feathers didn’t match and the beak looked too small. There was also a mammal jawbone in the pellet too. He’s one of the managers of the specimen collection and loves a good dead bird mystery.
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Duck Migration On The Upper Mississippi River
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2011
I’m in the middle of three different bird surveys for work and it’s been a fantastic way to watch the changes in fall migration in Minnesota. So let me get this photo of a Trumpeter Swan out of the way: That’s an up close shot, but sometimes you can see some cool things when you are far away.
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Minnesota Activist Indicted for Animal Terrorism
Critter News
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.I don't see any mention in this article (or in this one from the Chicago Tribune ) about threats to human life in this incident. Straight vandalism and economic loss. Is this a valid prosecution? Is it terrorism? Scott DeMuth, who is being held in jail in Davenport, is scheduled to make his first appearance in U.S.
Slow Motion Blackbirds
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2014
As a freelancer who lives in Minnesota, I try to plan work in warmer areas in the winter. I love the Rio Grande Valley and it’s an easy and surprisingly economical trip from where I live. I’m currently working on a web series with Clay Taylor of Swarovski Optik North America.
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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Building-stunned bird: Nashville Warbler above by Stephanie Beard, Project BirdSafe, Audubon Minnesota. (Full disclosure: I see this carnage every spring and fall, as I volunteer with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors.) Hopefully, someday, these groups won’t be necessary. News bird collisions glass skyscraper'
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Otters Must Be Stinky
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2014
I’m working on a project in Florida–if living in Minnesota has taught me anything, it’s that finding work in warmer areas in mid-winter will go a long way to keep your sanity during the deep freeze from November through April.
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Birds Nesting In Siding
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2013
Both are non-native species in Minnesota and drive out native flickers, bluebirds and other cavity nesters to take over to raise their own young. This European Starling was actually in the process of clearing out an active House Sparrow nest in this photo. Here the male House Sparrow attacks the invading starling.
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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
” Blackbirds, among other species, are also killed every year for consuming sunflower seeds mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas. See Birdchick’s post here.
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Birds at the Bell
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2018
Perhaps some other time I’ll write in more detail about the links between Minnesota’s Bell Museum and birds. Cranes are a bid deal in Minnesota, and they are a big deal at the Bell. There are many. Can you find the bird that is about to be eaten by the Lynx? Hungry Lynx will eat bird. Bird art at the Bell.
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Beat on Assignment
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2011
I moved to San Francisco from Minnesota 12 years ago. Walter manages to see and photograph so many great birds that we felt it would be unfair to limit him to one specific beat so he is the Beat on Assignment, and will blog on the same topic for several consecutive posts before moving on to another topic.
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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Focusing on an often under-appreciated portion of the continent, the book showcases forty species found in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio – but perhaps not for long.
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Reflecting on a Year of Less Birding
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2019
In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more.
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169 All Three Populations of North American Trumpeter Swans Are Increasing
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2015
During the 1980s, the Pacific Coast Population swans became the source of eggs for several restoration programs in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa 2.
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored. And so on….
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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
If he were a Minnesota dentist, or a Texas veterinarian, or a beauty contestant posing with this trophy, would his argument for justifying this death be any different? The relationship between this bird and other animals and plants? And would the response of the public be the same?
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