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    June 24, 2018
    Photo courtesy of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
    BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Trumpeter swans: Beauty and grace in Minnesota
    It's been a few years since a pair of trumpeter swans have attempted nesting on Assawa Lake. For a long time there were no swans on the lake,...
    sportsJune 24, 2018 - 7:45am
    June 10, 2018
    The black-capped chickadees were busy foraging for food in early April at Lake Bemidji State Park. This one cautiously grabs a seed out of Susan Olin’s palm and dashes. Olin is the assistant manager at the park. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Getting up close in the birding world takes time, right gear
    Most wild birds will allow us to approach them reasonably close. I'm reminded of this each morning that I feed the birds. It's not uncommon to...
    sports/outdoorsJune 10, 2018 - 7:55am
    June 3, 2018
    An oriole perches in a tree near BSU in late May. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    BLANE KLEMEK: Bemidji helps lead the way as part of Minnesota Bird City program
    I've never met a soul who disliked wild birds. And while some folks admittedly favor certain species of birds over others for various reasons,...
    sports/outdoorsJune 3, 2018 - 7:45am
    May 27, 2018
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    BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: The wonderful wood duck at home in Minnesota
    My 4-year-old grandson Lincoln and I planted an apple tree in the backyard recently. I chose a sunny area on the backside of the house near a...
    sports/outdoorsMay 27, 2018 - 8:40am
    An eastern bluebird hops across the top of a bluebird house, making its way to its entrance, so it have a look inside Tuesday morning, May 22, 2018. The house was built and set up in an open area along County Road FF in Oulu, Wis., by bluebird aficionado David Lindelof. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Man helps restore bluebird species with nest boxes on rural Wisconsin roads
    OULU, Wis. — David Lindelof stopped his Buick along Highway B in Bayfield County and watched a bluebird perched on top of a wooden nesting...
    sports/outdoorsMay 27, 2018 - 7:40am
    April 29, 2018
    CLICK TO ENLARGE: Four-year-old Lincoln stands besides the new purple martin house. Submitted photo.
    BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: The 'Purple Martin Housing Project of Becida'
    For the past 16 years, I have been talking about purchasing a purple martin house and promptly installing it on top of a tall pole that I would...
    sports/outdoorsApril 29, 2018 - 7:50am
    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....
    newsMarch 28, 2018 - 5:00pm
    March 18, 2018
    A Great Northern Loon in Wilson Lake, Minn. Photo by Pete Markham via Wikicommons.
    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...
    sportsMarch 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...
    sportsMarch 11, 2018 - 8:30am
    March 4, 2018
    An American kestrel. (Photo via Wikipedia)
    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,"...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 4, 2018 - 8:29am
    February 25, 2018
    A male ruffed grouse surveys the surroundings from its drumming log in the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area. (Forum News Service file photo)
    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...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 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...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 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...
    newsDecember 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...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 7, 2017 - 8:15am
    November 26, 2017
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    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...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 26, 2017 - 6:03am
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