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What is happening with eagles on the Mississippi River?

What is happening with eagles on the Mississippi River?

In 2006, the National Park Service began studying eagles along the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area to monitor levels of environmental contaminants in nestlings. Since 2011, Mississippi Park Connection has provided funding for spring flight surveys.

mississippi national river and recreation area, birds, biotech, animals, wildlifeparkconnectionJuly 5, 2022

Birds and Bridges — A Look At the Upper Mississippi

Birds and Bridges — A Look At the Upper Mississippi

Photo courtesy of Star Tribune.

animals, birds, mississippi national r..., mississippi riverparkconnectionOctober 18, 2017bridges, flyway, fordham university, nancy duncan

What Is the Big Sit?

animals, birds, family, mississippi national r..., mississippi riverparkconnectionSeptember 22, 2017big sit, bird watching, birding, coldwater spring, events, flyway, oak savanna, prairies

Preserving Prairies, Protecting Pollinators

birds, riversparkconnectionJuly 10, 2015bees, bugs, butterflies, coldwater spring, habitat restoration, native plants, prairies

Owls in the Park

Owls in the Park

animals, birds, mississippi national r...parkconnectionFebruary 24, 2015animal cams, bald eagles, bird watching, birding, great horned owl, nps rangers, sharon stiteler