Golden Eagle 42 is still bookin’ it south in Minnesota and taking an interesting way down towards Wabasha. Mark Martell reported this morning: “Our eagle spent last night in Itasca County, MN about 3 mi. NE of Battle Island. He has been steadily making his way south at about 30 – 40 miles per day [ Read More ]
If you’re looking for links of what I talked about on KARE 11′s Showcase Minnesota today, here they are: Sign up for the Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas (a monumental project run by Bonnie Sample whom I’ve known from banding birds at Carpenter Nature Center) that needs volunteers and reports of birds breeding all over the [ Read More ]
My buddy, Mark Martell who works for Audubon Minnesota is working on a project with the National Eagle Center, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Nongame Program, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources – Endangered Resources Program studying golden eagles wintering along the Mississippi River. Golden eagles do not breed in Minnesota and Wisconsin [ Read More ]
Tuesday was much busier than I anticipated at The Raptor Center. The rest of my crew was off, there were no programs scheduled and it was pouring rain so the possibilities of walk-in tours was pretty darned remote. But that didn’t mean the staff couldn’t find things for me to do. In less than four [ Read More ]
