This is a good weekend to visit one of the many parks in the Three Rivers Parks District.  Whether your family is into art, natural sciences or golf, you can probably find something you would all enjoy doing together. Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 noon Bird Banding: I know this opportunity for close encounters with wild birds [...]

Saturday is another Bird Banding day at Lowry Nature Center.  If your family is interested in some close encounters with wild birds, you can see wild songbirds being safely trapped, studied, and tagged with numbered rings. You may get a chance to hear a bird’s heartbeat and help release it.  Bird banding is from 9 [...]

This is another Bird Banding Weekend at Lowry Nature Center on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to Noon.  If your family would like some close encounters with wild birds and a chance to see wild songbirds being safely trapped, studied, and tagged with numbered rings, this is your chance. You may get a chance to hear a [...]

Free Morning Bird Hike Join a naturalist at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. to walk the trails looking for feathered friends.  Spend time looking for new birds and the changes this time of year brings Bird Banding Demonstration After your hike, drop in to Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park anytime on [...]

Experience close encounters with wild birds at either Eastman Nature Center or Lowry Nature Center, Saturday from 9 a.m. to Noon! See birds up close. Join biologists who are studying wild songbirds to learn about age, migration and populations. Birds are safely captured, measured, weighed, and assessed before being banded and released. Bring a camera [...]