For our monthly presentations/meetings, we normally meet at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth, 835 West College Street, Duluth, but during the pandemic all monthly meetings/presentations will be online via ZOOM.
You can use our Duluth Audubon Society Birding Map to find the location of one of our guided group trips…or go on your own. Most of these are also described on the Minnesota birding hotspots website and more info is at eBird.
Events Calendar
Here is a link to past presentation videos.
| Date | Event / Speaker | Description |
| Oct 14, 2021 @ 7 pm (CDT) | Joe Walewski – Wolf Ridge Nature Center Naturalist – Fall Phenology |
Virtual Presentation
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Nov 6, 2021
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North Shore Sea Duck Trip
Starting at 7:30 am, meeting in Canal Park Lighthouse Parking Lot ending in Grand Marais and trip should return to Duluth by 6:30-7:30 pm. Covid restrictions information at sign-up genius registration site. Limited to five vehicles! Sign Up Required! |
Outing
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| Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021
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Superior Entry Gull Watches
Meeting at Superior Entry on Wisconsin Point 10 am to 2 pm. Covid restrictions information at sign-up genius registration site. Limited to six people! Sign Up Required! |
Outing
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| Nov 11, 2021 @ 7 pm (CST) | Rob Schultz, Executive Director and Vice President Audubon Minnesota”Survival by Degrees – Audubon’s Report on Climate Change” |
Virtual Presentation |
| December/January | Duluth Area Christmas Bird Counts – Get involved! There are CBC Counts that you may be able to participate in. You can even contribute just be counting birds at your own feeder. | CBC Circles
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| Jan 20, 2022 @ 7 pm (CST) | Allie Pesano, UMD Graduate Student
“Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawks in Minnesota: Phylogenetic & Geographic Origins” |
Virtual Presentation |
| Feb 10, 2022 @ 7 pm (CST) | Alexis Grinde, Wildlife Ecologist, Natural Resources Research Institute, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth. (Her research focuses on conservation ecology including studying the large-scale impacts of environmental change on wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Applications of her research include informing forest management decisions in relation to changing land use patterns and providing recommendations for conservation plans for species of conservation concern.)
“Longterm Bird Monitoring on the Superior and Chippewa National Forests” The breeding bird communities of the western Great Lakes region have among the richest species diversity in North America. The Minnesota National Forest Breeding Bird Monitoring Project was established in 1991 in the Chippewa and Superior NFs in response to the need for habitat-specific regional population data. Results and patterns of bird species population trends from the past 26 years of monitoring and implications for conservation will be discussed. |
Virtual Presentation
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March 10, 2022 @ 7 pm (CST)
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“Karr-r-r-oo: Speaking of Sandhill Cranes”
Jade Peterson and Dr. Cynthia McSherry, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Where are they going? Do they really have three eyelids? What’s with their call? Learn about sandhill crane life history, characteristics and their pitstop at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. |
Virtual Presentation
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April 14, 2022 @ 7 pm (CDT)
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Citizen Science and Research in the Sax-Zim Bog: American Kestrel Nest Box Project
Clinton Dexter-Nienhaus |
Virtual Presentation
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| May 12, 2022 @ 7 pm (CDT) | Annual DAS Meeting | Virtual |
| May 2022 (Various Dates) | DAS SPRING WARBLER WALKS!!!
(See Registration Link for Dates/Times) |
Outing |
| May 14, 2022 | Wisconsin Point Warbler Walk with Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve (More Info to Come) | Outing |
| Sept. 8, 2022 @ 7 p.m. (CDT) |
Birding Alaska with Laura Erickson
(Click here for more info) |
Virtual Presentation |
| September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 (Tuesdays) @ 7-9 a.m. (CDT) | FALL WARBLER WALKS!
Park Point Recreation Area, Duluth
Join in the fun as we seek to identify those difficult Fall warblers and distant raptors! We will meet at the main parking lot by the Park Point ball fields. For those with mobility or sensory challenges, there may be walking on uneven terrain and sand, as well as limited or no restroom access.
Sign up Required! |
Registration Required
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| October 13, 2022 @ 7-8 p.m. (CDT) | “Natural Connections: Natural Gifts”
EMILY STONE – Naturalist
(Click here for more info) |
Virtual Presentation
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| Saturday, October 29, 2022 – ALL DAY | NORTH SHORE SEA DUCK ADVENTURE
(Click here for more info)
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Registration Required
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| November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 @ 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (CT) | SUPERIOR ENTRY GULL WATCHES!
(Click here for more info)
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Registration Required
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| December/January | Duluth Area Christmas Bird Counts – Get involved! There are CBC Counts that you may be able to participate in. You can even contribute just be counting birds at your own feeder. | CBC Circles
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| January 12, 2023 @ 7 p.m. (CDT) | “A Cultural History of Hummingbirds”
~ Noah Comet (Professor of English at U.S. Naval Academy) |
Virtual Presentation
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| February 9, 2023 @ 7 p.m. (CT) |
Birding in Cuba ~ with Laura Erickson In the depths of Northland winter, our minds drift like the wind-blown snow. A memory sends us back in time conjuring…what was that sensation again?….oh, yes. Warmth! The daydream takes us to someplace tropical with the sights and sounds of a decidedly different experience than our icy everyday. Laura Erickson will transport us to that place as she remembers her 2016 trip to Cuba. She brought home lots of stories and photos of exciting birds, including of her “Most Wanted” species, the Cuban Tody, to recall on deep winter days such as these. |
Virtual Presentation |
| March 9, 2023 @ 7 p.m. (CT) | Finch Irruptions, the Finch Research Network (FiRN) and the Winter Finch forecast.
~ Matthew A. Young Birders are often delighted to observe winter finches during the winter, and the Winter Finch Forecast is one of the most highly anticipated birding/ornithological reports of the year. Matthew Young, President and Founder of the Finch Research Network, will talk about these interesting and beautiful winter finches and what led to the formation of the Finch Research Network (FiRN), and what FiRN plans to accomplish into the futureplan to talk about finch irruptions, the launching of the Finch Research Network, and where we plan to go in the future with the forecast and research we’ll be doing at FiRN. |
Virtual Presentation |