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Why is the loon Minnesota’s state bird? It almost didn’t happen.
Seraphine, you’re on the right track. The Legislature named the common loon as Minnesota’s state bird in 1961 in large part because it’s so distinctive, with its white-spangled black plumage ...
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As climate changes, so does geography for Minnesota’s birds
On Dec. 15, 2018, volunteer Bart Anderson, with the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter, stepped outside his home to spend his day counting birds. He did so by numbers and species, as hundreds ...
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How tech is helping to protect Minnesota birds — from Minnesota birders
An irruption has brought a wave of northern owls to Minnesota this winter. This great gray swoops in Feb. 19 on a photographer in Two Harbors. (Provided by Joe Gliozzo Photography) ...
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How tech is helping protect Minnesota birds — from birders
Hoeg, who also is one of the Friends’ volunteer naturalists, said instant communication has its limits on the backroads of northern Minnesota. Receiving an alert 10 miles from a bird sighting ...