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By the time you guys are reading this, I’ll be on a flight to Frankfurt and then on to Kazakhstan.  Be sure to watch the blog, I’ll update if I have Internet access, but more importantly, we have some great submissions from guest bloggers. Maybe you ( Read more... )

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Of course a bunch of cool items are coming in as I’m trying to leave town!

One being that golden eagle that my buddy Mark Martell tagged a golden eagle that was injured (by one of those AWFUL leg hold traps-can we please ban those, I’m okay with hunting, but ( Read more... )

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Hey, if you enjoyed the waxwing post from earlier, check out Minnesota Birdnerd’s photos of banding waxwings are Carver Park, it’s very sweet.

And speaking of banding, I surprised the Friday banding crew at Carpenter Nature Center by showing up for banding the day before I ( Read more... )

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Don’t forget that there is still time to enter the Birdorable Guest Blogging Contest.  Below are some photos and story that are an example of a fun blog entry.


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So, I think Mr. Neil has pine siskins nesting around his yard, they’ve stuck around and have been singing their territory song all spring.  I love how like a house wren, they are a tiny bird with a loud crazy song.  I got video of one singing here (you’ll ( Read more... )

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Tonight is Birds and Beers at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park-with maybe a little bird banding.  Should be awesome with all the migrants around. Starts at 6pm.

Birds and Beers is an informal gathering of birders of all abilities to mildly interested to ( Read more... )

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So, I’m gathering all of the photos and videos that we took while installing four of our new hives yesterday.  I’m having such a challenge. The bird migration floodgates have opened, I want to watch birds, I want to play with bees, I have to blog, oh and there’s ( Read more... )