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That's (not) a weird-looking chickadee: Harris's Sparrows flock through MN

A songbird with a brown back, orange-pink bill, and black cap and throat perches on a tree branch.
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A Harris's Sparrow perches in St. Louis County on May 17, 2022.

Retired non-game wildlife biologist Pam Perry regales us with insight into Harris's Sparrows, Eastern Towhee and an Oriole sighting in Little Falls.

As we get deeper into autumn, Pam Perry joined the KAXE Morning Show to talk about what she’s been seeing lately.

Perry, our favorite retired non-game wildlife biologist, stops by each month to talk about Minnesota phenology with our staff phenologist, John Latimer. Perry is broadly knowledgeable about Minnesota's environment and particularly excited about birds, reptiles and amphibians.

Some highlights include a visit to Scenic State Park and why late October and early November is a great time to report and remove of invasive buckthorn.

Topics

  • Introduction/visiting Scenic State Park (0:00-3:18) 
  • Sparrows (3:19-5:43) 
  • Eastern Towhee (5:44-7:13) 
  • Irruption of Harris Sparrows (7:14-8:00) 
  • More on sparrows (8:01-9:02) 
  • Oriole sighting in Little Falls (9:03-10:00) 
  • Chickadees (10:01-10:11)
  • Buckthorn control (10:12-10:57) 
  • Winter resident birds and woodpeckers (10:58-13:32) 
  • Migration update (13:33-14:22)

For more phenology, subscribe to our Season Watch Newsletter or visit the Season Watch Facebook page.

Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

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