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Birds of Carver County: White-throated Sparrow
The White-throated Sparrow has a bright appearance and an equally bright song. Both attributes make this a favorite spring and fall visitor to feeders, bushes and grasses nearby. Mixed flocks of sparrows may present a little identification dismay, but its bold white throat should give you that pleasant connection with the natural world around us.
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Birds of Carver County: Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireos sing with clear, musical song notes. They are relatively easy to spot, despite continual movement among the leaves of spring and autumn. Its appearance has been described as aristocratic. In its scientific name it may be called solitary, but we should be grateful that the Blue-headed Vireo allows us to observe it for a few weeks each year.
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Birds of Carver County: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Male Ruby-crowned Kinglets and their female cohorts are enjoyable signs that migration is happening, and that Carver County is lucky to be within its path. Think of the kinglet’s flash of red as a way of saying “Hello, and have a nice day!”
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Birds of Carver County: Bay-breasted Warbler
The male Bay-breasted Warbler in spring will stand out from every other bird in the area. A second look may reward you with a lasting image that could take months or years to be repeated. Keeping our eyes in the trees during May and September relies on those brief successful moments and fuels our optimism in the transition seasons.
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Birds of Carver County: Chipping Sparrow
With its rusty cap making it a sparrow that is fairly easy to identify; a common visitor to our feeders, fields and parks; the Chipping Sparrow is a living signature of the warm bright days of summer in Carver County.
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Rotarians Host a New Educators Breakfast
The Rotary Clubs of Chaska and Chanhassen hosted a New Educators Breakfast at the Chaska Event Center on Thursday morning, August 21. This annual event helps welcome new staff and teachers to our communities.
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Birds of Carver County: Northern House Wren
The Northern House Wren has adapted its housing preferences towards human locations and especially the little houses that we put up around our homes. Cornell’s Ornithology Lab describes the species as “loquacious”- which is a dignified adjective meaning “talks a lot.” These characteristics make this little bird familiar to most of the USA between the Canadian border and southern Mexico.
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Birds of Carver County: Red-tailed Hawk
Perhaps our country’s most populous hawk, the Red-tailed Hawk is a favorite fellow-traveler on our road trips within Carver County and beyond. Sometimes it becomes a commuter-special because it chooses the same perch alongside the highway as we wish it “good hunting” and maybe it returns the wish and hopes for our safe driving.
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Birds of Carver County: American Redstart
Orange and black and gray and yellow! Fanning feathers and jumping through the leaves! Defying the norm for Minnesota’s warblers, American Redstarts attract our attention and add excitement to the trees near our houses and along the county’s trails.
