Ely Field Naturalists

Open hours at Naturalist Resource Center from 9:00 am to noon at 41 E Chapman Street, Ely. Take the

Wow Chip! Is this on your property? Dang, that little cutie is a BUTCHER!!!!!!!! ~Mary > On Jan 3,

The dreaded “Butcher Bird” Sent from myMail for iOS Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM -06:00

We will also look at the entries from the first 3 days of the year in the Backyard Almanac 365 Days

Starting the rear with having the Naturalists Resource Center open from 9 to noon at 41 E Chapman

My daughter and I both have robins at our places on the east end of town. At my house they are eating

Please consider COMMENTING if you have not done so yet. Many thanks & HAPPY NEW YEAR! Valerie ---

We had a lynx show up yesterday, eating off a roadkill deer kill deer we put out for the birds. Spent

Location: Grand Ely Lodge in Ely Meeting Time: 4:00 pm Order from limited menu while completing tally

I have attached a corrected tally sheet for the Saturday, Dec 27 Ely CBC. I left out the evening

Thanks for letting me know! On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM norma malinowski <bogwalker52@gmail.

Today, and tomorrow, I will be calling and contacting and verifying participation, assignments and

I am going to begin sharing the list of those who have contacted me to participate in the Ely

Bill Tefft is working on Ely Christmas Bird count details for December 27. Look for info soon.

Thank you fir this! On Dec 17, 2025, at 10:40 AM, norma malinowski <bogwa...@gmail.com>

Starting over with "a new email address" is an option, but not as fool proof as you might

Yup, thanks. In my head I thought that lynx had short tails and bobcats have almost no tails,

Thank you Bill and Norma for doing this. On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 11:50 Bill Tefft <efnbill@gmail.

Lynx hips are noticeably higher than their shoulders and have large snowshoe pads. I am not seeing

We are enjoying this fairly frequent visitor to our feeders, Pineville MN. Kindness is free. Sprinkle

My niece, Kelly Smith, took these iPhone photos of a barred owl yesterday afternoon through a window

Thursday, Dec 11 4-5:00 pm at Vermilion Campus Classroom NS 111. -- Bill Tefft efn...@gmail.com 218-

This year's Jan 3 Isabella CBC marks the end of an era: It will be the first time in decades that

I opened a south facing window shade this afternoon, and much to my surprise, there was a large bug

I heard this episode of 1A a few days ago. https://the1a.org/segments/evolutionary-biologist-scott-

This is an immature Cooper's hawk in my opinion. Immature because of the streaky breast and brown

We are fortunate to have the North St. Louis County Soil and Water Conservation District working with

December is just the beginning of a great time of year. As winter weather settles in and the birds

I bought an amaryllis in wax a few days ago. These bulbs have no roots and are sealed with wax except