Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

On Tuesday, May 4th, Tom Cooper from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be sharing information on what we can do to make sure our wetlands and bird habitats are protected.

Among the most important ecosystems on Earth, the wet ecosystems of bogs, freshwater marshes, prairie potholes, forested swamps and saltwater estuaries provide critical nesting, rearing, feeding, and stop-over habitat for bird and other wildlife populations in watersheds across the nation.  Wetlands are essential to estuary, river, and watershed health, trapping sediments and cleaning polluted waters, preventing floods, recharging groundwater aquifers, and protecting shorelines.  Wetland health is intimately tied to human health.

Up to one-half of North American bird species nest, feed, or rest in wetlands.  The number of birds migrating over the Gulf of Mexico, which rely on coastal wetlands as staging areas in Louisiana and Mississippi especially, has decreased by one-half since the mid-1960s.

Please join us at the Mayflower Church at 7:00 for this program.  Get more information by clicking on “Programs” on the right -hand side of the screen.

April 6, 2010

Captivating Bluebirds

Stan Tekiela

Author of “Birds of Minnesota,” “Captivating Bluebirds,” and many more

Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the originator of the popular state-specific field guides such as Birds of (state name) Field Guide, Wildflowers of (state name), and Trees of (state name). Over the past two decades Stan has authored more than 100 field guides, nature appreciation books and wildlife audio CDs for nearly every state in the nation, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti.

For more information about Stan, including his contact information, click on the Program page.