orthwest Regional Library and the Audubon Center Present:
The Boys in Blue: Attracting Birds to Your Backyard
Location: Thief River Falls Library
Date: Monday, February 26, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
If you don’t have too many trees in your backyard, put up a bluebird nest box!
Find out what you need to attract these – and other birds – to your yard!
Owls, Owls…Fantastical Fowls
Location: Red Lake Falls Library
Date: Wednesday, February 1,2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Throughout history and in every culture, owls have been part of local literature, folklore and superstitions.
They’ve been considered wise –and foolish.
They’ve been feared by some, and venerated by others.
They’ve been both admired and despised.
But there’s one thing about owls on which we can all agree: they are fascinating!
Attracting Birds to Your Backyard
Location: Hallock Library
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
If you don’t have too many trees in your backyard, put up a bluebird nest box!
Find out what you need to attract these – and other birds – to your yard!
Birding by the Book
Location: Thief River Falls Library
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
At the turn of the 20th century, people who watched birds were lucky to find one illustrated guide to bird identification. Now a hundred years later, we have more than 100 to choose from. The bird book business is booming – with more than 600 different bird titles on bookstore shelves and several hundred more used and out-of-print titles available on the internet.
Bring your favorite bird book(s) to the Thief River Falls Library and join Agassiz Audubon’s Heidi Hughes for a program on the history of bird identification books – and media – and how to select what’s best for you.
She’ll show you what to look for in a bird ID book and provide tips on how to build your library with books about Minnesota’s birds, bird identification and bird life histories as well as books on how to attract birds. She’ll explain the good and the bad – about bird illustrations and bird books. And she’ll introduce you to birding resources on the internet.
Winter Birds of the Warroad Area and How to Identify Them
Location: Warroad Library
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
When the weather outside is frightful…it’s time to sit by the window and watch the drama as it unfolds in your yard. Yes, backyard birdwatching has become fashionable. You can strike up a conversation with strangers about the birds in your yard. And knowing how to identify the birds makes it more fun.
Heidi Huges, author of “The Expert’s Guide to Backyard Birdfeeding” and new manager of the Agassiz Audubon Society Center in Warren-will show you what you need to know in order to identify the birds in your neighborhood. Bring your binoculars and bird ID book. If you don’t own binocs and a book, she’ll show you how to select the one that’s right for you.
She will also provide tips on how to photograph wild birds, how to select and use iPod apps and how to keep a list of the birds you’ve spotted-at the eBird webiste on the internet. Bring your questions-she’ll have the answers for you.
Birdwatching 101: Everything you need to know from binoculars to iPod Apps
Location: Red Lake Falls Library
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m.
When the weather outside is frightful… it’s time to sit by the window and watch the drama as it unfolds in your yard. Yes, backyard birdwatching has become fashionable. You can strike up a conversation with strangers about the birds in your yard. And knowing how to identify the birds makes it more fun.
Heidi Hughes, author of “The Expert’s Guide to Backyard Birdfeeding” – and new manager of Agassiz Audubon Society’ Center in Warren – will show you what you need to know to identify the birds in your neighborhood. Bring your binoculars and bird guidebook. If you don’t own binocs and a book, she’ll show you how to select the one that’s right for you.
She’ll also provide tips on how to photograph wild birds, how to select and use iPod apps and how to keep a list of the birds you’ve spotted – at the eBird website on the internet.
Bring your questions – she’ll have the answers for you.
Owls, Owls…Fantastical Fowls
Location: Thief River Falls Library
Date: Monday, November 28, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Throughout history and in every culture, owls have been part of local literature, folklore and superstitions.
They’ve been considered wise –and foolish.
They’ve been feared by some, and venerated by others.
They’ve been both admired and despised.
But there’s one thing about owls on which we can all agree: they are fascinating!
Backyard Birds Made Simple
Location: Thief River Falls Library
Date: Monday, October 24, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m.
It’s one of the fastest-growing outdoor recreation activities in America. And according to CBS News – more people do it than watch professional football! Attracting wild birds brings color, drama and music to your backyard – and it has economic benefits too. In the spring and summer, songbirds consume huge quantities of insects.
Heidi Hughes, author of “The Expert’s Guide to Backyard Birdfeeding” will show you how to identify the birds that visit your backyard and she’ll provide scientifically-proven tips on how to get the birds you want to see while getting the most for your birdfeeding dollar. And she’ll show you how to outwit squirrels and have fun hand-taming chickadees and hummingbirds.
Bring your bird questions, she’s got the answers.
Listen to Heidi’s interview on Pioneer 90.1 to get an idea of what she will be talking about on Monday!
