News: (Google searches which yield birding updates)
- Minnesota Birding News (published in last month)
- National Birding News (published in last week)
- National Birding Blog Posts (published in last week)
As with all search queries, the releveny decreases as one scans further down into the search results. The blog posts tend to be updates from large known national organizations, not private blogs.
Birding Areas & National Wildlife Refuges
- Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
- Big Bog State Recreation Area
- Boreal Songbird Initiative (Boreal Forest Area: Mn. & Canada)
- Crex Meadows (Grantsburg, Wisconsin)
- Hawk Ridge
- Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
- Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Sax-Zim Bog
- Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
- Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota Birding Web Sites Hosted by Individuals
Sites which have blogs, utilize RSS auto-update technology and post on a regular basis will often get their posts added to this app’s reading menus.
- 365 Days of Birds
- Your app host and designer!
- Contact: RichardHoeg@Gmail.com
- A Boy Who Cried Heron
- Big Douglas
- Birdchick Podcast
- Dan Tallman’s Bird Blog
- Earl Orf Bird Photography
- Guides:
- I Wish I Could Fly
- Laura’s Birding Blog
- Michael Furtman
- Minnesota Birdnerd
- Palmer Lake Nature Blog
- Penelopedia: Nature & Garden in Southern Minnesota
- The PhotoNaturalist
- Twin Cities Naturalist
- Wingnut
- Wood Duck Cam (BirdGV)
Minnesota Audubon Societies
- Albert Lea
- Center of the North Woods
- Duluth
- Minneapolis
- Minnesota
- Minnesota River Valley
- Mississippi Headwaters
- St. Paul
Other Minnesota Birding Organizations & Festivals
- Friends of Sax-Zim Bog
- Hawk Ridge Blog
- Minnesota Breeding Atlas Project
- Minnesota Master Naturalist
- Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union (MOU)
- National Eagle Center
- Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
- The Raptor Center Blog
- Sax-Zim Bog Birding Festival
- Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch
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