Birds – Page 2

Morning Song

Spring announces itself not only to the eye but also to the ear. I heard the morning song of this

The Savannah Sparrows are back. While many other bird species migrate to the far north for breeding in spring, some

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Emily Keas, a veteran birder and field trip leader, sends this web link to a clever page titled “Minnesota Bird

This American Pipit is having some trouble holding on to the slippery stem of a dried fennel bush on the

The coot population has exploded in the past few weeks. The one or small handful of year-round residents is hosting

These Least Sandpipers are pecking at the mud with the speed of a sewing machine. There can’t possibly be a

If you were designing a shore bird and were given a requirement for long legs, you’d endow it with a

The Great Blue Heron’s most obvious weapon is its beak. It’s a formidable pair of needlenose pliers that clasps little

It was a sunny afternoon after a morning shower. On the middle path in the DAWN area, where contractors with

I’d seen Black Turnstones in the park several times, but they always acted more like woodpeckers. They hammered away at

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