Warbler Weekend 2023

Hok-Si-La Park, Lake City, MN 2500 U.S. Hwy 61, Lake City

Warbler Weekend 2023 is coming up and here is everything you need to know. Registration: Registration for the weekend and reservations for all meals, including requests for gluten-free or vegetarian meals, are required in advance. Registration deadline has been extended to April 25th. Registration is now closed. Accommodations: Birders staying overnight need to make their […]

Migrant and Nesting Birds Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve

Murphy Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage, MN 15501 Murphy Lake Blvd, Savage, MN, United States

15501 Murphy Lake Blvd, Savage, MN Thursday, May 18, 7-10 AM One of the best birding areas in Twin Cities Metro! Focus is on songs/calls of nesting birds in a hardwood forest as well as spring migrants. Hooded warbler is a target species. DIRECTIONS      Take 35E or W to Co 42, go west ~ 2 […]

Tuesday Morning Bird Walk – Silverwood Regional Park

Silverwood Regional Park, St Anthony, MN 2500 County Road E, St. Anthony, MN, United States

May 23: Silverwood Regional Park, 2500 Cty Rd. E, St. Anthony, MN  55421 Passerine migrants, wetlands. DIRECTIONS     From 35W, take Cty Rd D/37th Ave. west, turn north (rt) onto Silver Lake, or, from I-694, take Silver Lake exit, go south. Finally, go west on Cty Rd E for ~1,000 ft, entrance on left. Meet at […]

Nesting Areas and related happenings at the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS)

Arden Hills Army Training Site 4761 Hamline Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN, United States

Saturday, June 10, 7:30-10 AM June begins summer when territories generally are all set and families are busily growing. In contrast to migration style bird watching, we move to different habitats where the breeding territories are located. A walk on the hard surfaced one-mile path around Sunfish Lake will be followed by birding in a […]

Annual Butterfly Count

Arden Hills Army Training Site 4761 Hamline Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN, United States

Saturday, July 8, 2022 Our annual Butterfly Census will again take place on the first Saturday after July 4. We hope you will join us on Saturday, July 8 for this great citizen science project. The count will take place at the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS) from 9:45 am to 2:00 pm.  A […]

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**New Bird Walk Just Added to Calendar** Summer Birding at Silverwood Regional Park

Silverwood Regional Park, St Anthony, MN 2500 County Rd E, St Anthony

Summer birding presents possibilities for observing different behaviors once birds have settled on family territories. Birders have opportunities for lingering identifications with group interaction at a summer-time relaxed pace. The slower pace is also ideal for beginning birders to learn and experience the basics to locate, describe and identify birds. DIRECTIONS     2500 County Rd E, […]

Birds and Trees

Langton Lake Park - West Parking Lot 1950 County Rd. C2 W, Roseville

Langton Lake Park, 1950 County Rd. C2 W, Roseville, MN  55113 Join us for a stroll at Langton Lake Park to observe and identify birds and trees, and consider their […]

Bike & Bird the Vadnais-Snail Lakes & Grass Lake Regional Parks 

Snail Lake Regional Park, Shoreview, MN 4191 Snail Lake Blvd., Shoreview, MN, United States

4191 Snail Lake Blvd., Shoreview, MN 55126 Sunday, July 16, 8:00 AM to Noon Discover the fun of birding from a bicycle on more than 5 miles of mostly level, paved, multi-use trails that connect four lakes in Shoreview: Grass, Snail, Sucker, and Vadnais, all of which are prime birding locations for Ramsey County (top […]

Urban Trees and Birds, Frogtown Park and Farm

Frogtown Park and Farm 946 Minnehaha Ave. W., St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us for a visit to this unique urban farm site to observe and identify birds and trees, and to consider their interactions. You’ll learn some basic tree identification tips, […]

Bruce Vento Trail & Bird Walk

Bergeron Pass Marker 1301 Arlington Ave E, St Paul

St. Paul Audubon Society joins with Friends of Swede Hollow http://www.friendsofswedehollow.net/    and Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County https://friendsoftheparks.org/  to offer this opportunity to stroll along a portion of the Bruce Vento Regional Trail  https://www.traillink.com/trail/bruce-vento-regional-trail/  Learn the history of the land, the Trail, and current activities to save this […]

Bike & Bird – Carlos Avery WMA

Carlos Avery North Loop Parking Lot 9067 - 7801 205th Ave NE, Wyoming, MN, United States

9067-7801 205th Ave NE, Wyoming, MN 55092   Sunday, August 20, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM   Discover the fun of birding from a bicycle on several miles of level gravel roads that connect varied habitat in this large WMA near Wyoming, MN. Carlos Avery is a prime birding location for Anoka and Chisago counties (top […]

Beginning Birding at Crosby Farm Regional Park

Crosby Farm Regional Park 2595 Crosby Farm Rd., St. Paul, MN, United States

2595 Crosby Farm Rd, St. Paul, MN 55116 Saturday August 26, 8:00 – 10:30 AM St. Paul Audubon is once again partnering with the St. Paul Library to offer a beginning birding field trip. Come and learn about birding, including how to use binoculars and a field guide. Mostly come to have some late summer […]