Mike Jacobs
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Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Jacobs taking a break from writing his bird column
Doug Leier's weekly column will run in the space traditionally occupied by “Always in Season.” → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Owl expert passes, leaving poetry about the great gray owl
The Manitoba Naturalists Society book, “Birds of Manitoba,” includes more than three dozen citations to Robert Nero's work, most of them having to do with great gray owls. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Snowy owls show up, but not in usual numbers
I’ve had three reports of snowy owls this winter: two in North Dakota and one in Minnesota. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Familiar redpolls remain scarce this winter season
The conclusion must be that this is a “redpoll-free winter,” at least so far. No northern Plains birder ever gives up completely on redpolls. They can turn up at any time in any number. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Local hawk sets longevity record
A female Cooper’s hawk banded in 2007 in Grand Forks has reached a milestone. She is the oldest recorded female Cooper’s hawk. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Local Christmas bird count brings surprises
A total of 141 gray partridges were spotted, behind only the 1983 count of 150 partridges. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Bald eagles may help rally Americans
Eagles are elegant birds, representing majesty and power and evoking the natural wonders of the continent. Eagles are survivors. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Slow down and learn the birds
Her essay on the cedar waxwing is representative and appropriate for the season. Waxwings are wanderers, but they show up most winters. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: The neighborhood cardinals appear in south Grand Forks
I’ve publicly declared that my ambition is to watch cardinals while I’m washing dishes. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Never call the chickadee a ‘wimp’
These tiny birds – weighing about half an ounce, at most – are superbly adapted to withstand cold. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: ‘Delightful’ red-breasted nuthatches show up in Grand Forks
Some part of my life has been spent in search of red-breasted nuthatches, especially on winter bird counts. Most winters, I was successful in finding red-breasted nuthatches. They are reliable winter visitors here. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Turkeys and Grand Forks . . . together again
The All American Turkey Show was a winter event, held in February at the Grand Forks Municipal Auditorium on Fifth Street north of downtown. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Cackling goose presents ID challenge
I’ve been pondering the cackling goose since I encountered a giant flock of them along the Red River Greenway. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Election Day brings swans and eagles to Grand Forks
The birds that pass through our area are bound for Chesapeake Bay and Pamlico Sound on the mid-Atlantic Coast. They use wetlands in North Dakota as a stopover in migration. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: A ‘fall’ of robins highlights birding week
This is the second “robinfall” I’ve seen this season, and the third this year. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Vagrant bird shows up in Walsh County
Ordinarily, this is a bird of deep canyons in Arizona and New Mexico, and not of shelterbelts and farmyards in North Dakota. Nevertheless, a painted redstart showed up near Pisek, N.D., on Sunday, Oct. 23. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: ‘Bush birds’ drop into backyards
The juncos’ preference for low foliage makes them frequent guests in backyards and along the Red River Greenway, where they feed along the pavement. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Sudden cold should bring snow geese by the thousands to North Dakota
Snow goose numbers are problematic. A population explosion has led to deterioration of habitat on their nesting grounds along the Arctic coast of North America, including a famous site at La Perouse Bay, which is almost straight north of Grand Forks on the shore of Hudson Bay. → Read More
Mike Jacobs Always in Season: Sparrows confirm that fall has arrived
Our little expedition also found a single fox sparrow – a harbinger of things to come. → Read More
Mike Jacobs: UND pulls off a memorable Homecoming
The week had plenty of ceremony, as well as a big football win on Saturday. → Read More