10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2012
The 2012 event was held at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The conference timed nicely with sparrow migration and everyone was anxious to get views of reported Nelson’s Sparrows that were obligingly hanging out in some mud along a beaver pond. It’s a pleasant way to spend and hour on the refuge.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2013
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. 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.
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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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Whether I am speaking about Henslow’s Sparrows and Upland Sandpipers of the east and Midwest that occupy tall-grass prairies or birds like Ferruginous Hawks and Mountain Plovers of the western short-grass prairies; all deserve our attention.
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….
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2018
Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.). Like this, a Northern Harrier in 1940: or this, of Common Loons in Minnesota: And, really, what’s wrong with bird eye candy? A: nothing.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
But Northern Cardinal, Catbird, and White-throated Sparrow do not appear until the 270s, during a visit to Central Park while on business trip to New York City. Prairie Pothole Region of the United States , primary in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. 10, Mountain Quail at No. 11, Wandering Tattler at No.
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