Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Evening Grosbeak August plumages

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These adult males are still wearing the green beaks that they assume in February or March as they become ready to breed. Every time I...

Evening Grosbeaks!

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(Transcript of today's For the Birds ) The 1980s was a perfect decade in my life. Russ and I moved to Duluth at the start of the ...

BWCA Tower Case: The Ruling!

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(Transcript of Monday's For the Birds . ) Last year, AT&T asked Lake County for a permit to construct a communications tower ju...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Backyard birding today

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Warblers are starting to move! My eBird report: Laura's yard, St. Louis, US-MN Aug 8, 2011 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Protocol: Stationary...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

450-foot cell tower's potential impact on birds--Judge's ruling

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Yesterday, Judge Philip Bush released his 58-page ruling against AT&T’s proposed 450-foot lighted cellular communications tower, which w...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Book Review: Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding

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(Transcript of For the Birds for July 28, 2011 Imagine being able to go out on hundreds of birding excursions with one of the finest authori...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"Mystical" connections with birds

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(Transcript of three For the Birds segments, from July 25 , July 26 , and July 27 , 2011) Last week I was in Cable, Wisconsin, where a gentl...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Chickadees

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" alt="Black-capped Chickadee fledgling"> (Transcript of For the Birds for July 8 ) I love watching chickadees every day o...

Veery

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(Transcript of today's For the Birds ) If I had to choose 10 favorite bird songs, the list would definitely include the Veery. This ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Golden-winged Warbler

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(Transcript of today's For the Birds ) A year or two ago, a Penn State student named Anna Sewell was taking a seminar course about endan...