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May 11 was big day for kids at Northland Arboretum

...Common Yellowthroat, Spotted Towhee/Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco. Rose-breasted Grosbeak...

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Outdoors
DNR asks: Which are your favorite birds? Let me know, too

...possibilities to think about: pelican or purple martin? Bluebird, black-crowned night heron or brown creeper? Snow goose, song sparrow, sandhill crane or snow bunting? Ruddy duck, red-tailed hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet, kestrel or kingfisher...

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Outdoors
Clockwork turkey hunt

...Canada geese honked, mallards quacked, wood ducks whined, pheasants crowed, ruffed grouse drummed, crows cawed and song sparrows, well, they sang. Less obvious was the nasal "peent" of a male woodcock. Hidden by darkness about 30 yards away...

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Outdoors
Walk the bog

...off-limits to the casual walker. You'll see plants, dragonflies, birds and lots of critters. Common yellowthroats, song sparrows, swamp sparrows and sora rails would not be unusual." To walk over the bog and reach the island, the Paul Bunyan...

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Neighbors
Peony up

...Rick Rogers said, is the elaborate process required to propagate a tree peony successfully. Roy Klehm, of Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm and Nursery in Avalon, Wis., is another leading proponent of the tree peony. He grafts 15,000 a...

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Home and Garden
Welcome garden gifts feature utility

...kinsmangarden.com) offers English-made, 3-foot-tall steel stakes featuring tops in the shapes of butterflies, bees, song sparrows and squirrels in durable black finish. They're $11.95 each. Online shopping has made gift hunting easier for...

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Features
Recent outings: Birding at its best

...Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch

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Outdoors
Minnesota bird survey proves interesting

...impossibility for me to do that. At various moments of the year different birds do so much for me. For example, the first song sparrow singing after its trip from the south; the yellow-throated vireo singing to me; the first calling sandhill crane...

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Outdoors
A look at the birds and global warming

...Ovenbird Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Bobolink Yellow-headed Blackbird American Goldfinch Species whose climatic summer ranges in Minnesota...

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Outdoors
MUCH OBLIGED

...God's gift of renewal had arrived once again. With "downy" head and bare feet, I escaped to the garden hedge where song sparrows, Eastern bluebirds, robins, and white-throated sparrows all joined in the ode to springtime's parade, instilling...

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