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March 28, 2018
New peregrine in town in Grand Forks
There's a new female peregrine in town—possibly the second to show up at the UND water tower since Sunday—vying for the affections of Marv the male, but she's not Terminator, the matriarch of local peregrines since 2008 when nesting first was documented in Grand Forks....
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March 28, 2018 - 5:00pm
March 18, 2018
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Diving deep with the 'divers'
Birds. What amazing and adaptable creatures. From those that soar to the greatest heights to those that grow large yet cannot fly. And from those...
sports
March 18, 2018 - 7:44am
March 11, 2018
The mystery continues on the ivory-billed woodpecker
There are people who believe the existence of animals that never lived. Two such fairytale creatures that readily come to mind are the so-called...
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March 11, 2018 - 8:30am
March 4, 2018
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Make no mistake, American kestrels are popular raptors
The American kestrel, sometimes called "sparrow hawk," is not a hawk at all. Certainly the bird's pint-sized frame is small, thus "sparrow,"...
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March 4, 2018 - 8:29am
February 25, 2018
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: 'Ol' Ruff' sometimes seeks human companionship
I've been fortunate enough to befriend a few wild animals in my life. Or, more likely, they befriended me. There have been a few raccoons, an...
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February 25, 2018 - 8:15am
February 4, 2018
BLANE KLEMEK: The American Dipper is no dip of a songbird
The American dipper is classified as a songbird. A stocky little species at about 7.5 inches long, this short-tailed bird is rather ordinary...
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February 4, 2018 - 9:15am
December 29, 2017
Minnesota county takes on public lands debate over farm sale
LITCHFIELD, Minn. — A version of the national debate over public lands has recently played itself out in Meeker County, where conservationists were surprised when the county board initially denied the transfer of land by willing sellers to the state. The Meeker County Board...
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December 29, 2017 - 6:46pm
December 7, 2017
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Fascinating and deadly shrikes of Minnesota
Sometimes called by their nickname, “butcher bird,” although I’ve never been one to call them that, few birds in Minnesota are as rarely...
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December 7, 2017 - 8:15am
November 26, 2017
ALWAYS IN SEASON/ MIKE JACOBS: Turkey – or dinosaur – for dinner?
This is Thanksgiving season and so the turkey must be bird of the week. No other bird is so closely associated with any day as the turkey. Nor...
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November 26, 2017 - 6:03am
November 8, 2017
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Cardinals keep marching north
There are only a few species of wild birds that garner the attention and admiration as those wild birds colored red or colored blue. Think of...
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November 8, 2017 - 8:30am
October 20, 2017
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Sandhill cranes possess power, grace and beauty
In a Cree Indian creation story of how cranes acquired their red crowns and long legs, a rabbit wished to go to the moon and asked many birds...
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October 20, 2017 - 1:00pm
October 8, 2017
ALWAYS IN SEASON/ Mike Jacobs: Inconsistency marks the northern flicker
If you want to see a flicker, look on the ground and look soon. Flickers are moving south. The flicker is a species of woodpecker, but no matter....
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October 8, 2017 - 6:14am
October 6, 2017
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Close encounters with the outdoors world
Since the passing of my beloved old Chesapeake Bay retriever Duke, things aren't quite the same around the homefront. In fact, it's downright...
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October 6, 2017 - 10:15am
September 22, 2017
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Making a correct call on the Becida Barred Owl
Yogi Berra, a Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher who went on to become a successful manager and coach, was also widely known for his nonsensical...
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September 22, 2017 - 6:41am
September 8, 2017
BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Don't let house cats run wild outdoors
Found in a 2013 study published in the peer reviewed scientific journal "Nature Communications,"—"Domestic cats kill between 1.4 and 3.7...
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September 8, 2017 - 7:30am
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