birding

The Harvest Moon has come and gone, but the Hunter’s Moon is yet to come. Leaves have changed colors and have since fallen to the earth, tamaracks are already brilliant...

Often as it is, when we observe wildlife going about their business it’s the “eating business” that we see them doing: squirrels cracking acorn shells, deer grazing on hay fields,...

In early September a friend and I slipped a canoe onto Upper Rice Lake in Clearwater County to harvest wild rice. It was a gorgeous and calm Sunday morning on...

I miss the days when I lived and worked at Wetlands, Pines and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary, now called Audubon Center of the Red River Valley and Omdahl Arboretum. During my...

By Blane Klemek Twenty-three years ago I canoed the upper Mississippi River for the first time. It was early October on a glorious blue-sky day with brightly colored fall foliage...

One of the most interesting aspects of birds is their flocking behavior. Of course it isn’t just birds that flock; other animals also gather together in large numbers. Over the...

Many years ago when I first wet a line in pursuit of stream trout on the Straight River near Park Rapids, I felt doubtful that a fish could be caught,...

Wildlife biologists, technicians and volunteers throughout Minnesota have recently been busy once again in what can be truthfully called bona fide "wild goose chases." The annual activity of capturing and...

I remember as a boy watching an old Hamm's beer commercial and enjoying the catchy jingle, "From the land of sky-blue waters ..." If I recall, the scenes were pure...

During the summer of 2000, my first summer managing the Wetlands, Pines and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary, now called the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley, southeast of Warren, I...

Some of the most fascinating birds of the world belong to a group known simply as "shorebirds." But here is where simplicity stops. Shorebirds are part of a huge group...

I've often wondered what it would be like to be a bird. Perhaps it was this desire that compelled me to learn how to fly airplanes, which I once did...

I recently watched a masterful fisher in action; as patient as I've ever observed, persistent as they come, methodical in its approach . . . precise, careful, watchful and silent...

Far and wide, birds are singing in the hills, grasslands, forests and wetlands everywhere. They are singing in the treetops, from fence posts, from utility wires and in flight. They...