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Spring Fun & Problems
Spring Flowers
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Pasqueflowers
should be in bloom.
Pulsatilla (Pasqueflower) - Wikipedia -
Common names include pasque flower (or
pasqueflower), wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter Flower, and meadow
anemone. Pasque refers to
Easter (Passover).
Pasqueflower | Plant & fungi species | Wild plants
Plantlife -
The pasqueflower blooms around
Easter: hence the name "Pasque" (meaning "like Paschal", of Easter).
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Easter
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
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Arboretum |
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Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
(Minneapolis, MN) Updates:
As of March 31, 2015:
"The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary will open for its 108th season
on Wednesday, April 1. The
snow trillium and
skunk cabbage have just started to bloom and
the golden-crowned kinglets* and yellow-rumped warblers** have returned. Sure
signs of spring are all around us now, welcoming in another season of splendor
at the Wildflower Garden." (Susan,
thank you for
the updates.)
*
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Warblers
Note: Eloise Butler Wildflower and bird Sanctuary is one of the best places
to find the wildflowers and to learn about wildflowers. For more info, click
here.
Nature Notes 2015
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Quiz: How many of the top spring break spots can you
recognize? - AOL.com
Around
the end of March: It's Spring Break time!
For more info on "Spring break", read
Letter 39
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レター
39
春休み
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Spring Fun
March 17 St.
Patrick's Day "Happy St. Patrick's Day!"
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Spring Fun
March 17 St.
Patrick's Day "Happy St. Patrick's Day!"
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Madness)
Here’s ‘One Shining Moment,’ in case you missed it after
Duke’s win over Wisconsin - The Washington Post 04/07/2015
Wisconsin Badgers vs Duke Blue Devils - Recap
ESPN, 04/07/2015
Men's Basketball DI | NCAA.com
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Final Four: Duke vs. Michigan State*; Kentucky vs. Wisconsin*
*Big Ten
Men's Final Four
Championship Home | NCAA.com Indianapolis, Indiana, April 4 &
6, 2015
Duke and Michigan State win, head to Final Four - CNN.com
03/29/2015
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Spring Fun March Madness
March 15
March Madness top
seeds: Wisconsin, Duke, Kentucky, and Villanova
2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Bracket - March Madness Bracket | NCAA.com
Big Ten Conference
School Info Big Ten Conference Official Site
Seven Big Ten teams selected to participate in NCAA
Tournament | Big Ten Conference Official Site
Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan
State, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin
Illinois Collects NIT Berth | Big Ten Conference
Official Site
Big Ten Conference - Wikipedia
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament -
Wikipedia:
Played mostly during March, it is
known informally as March Madness or the Big Dance, and has become
one of the most famous annual sporting events in the United States.
Letter
46 "Final Four" English/Japanese
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Spring Fun March Madness Predictions
NCAA Office Pool page
NCAA Office Pool Example
Photo
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, March 19th - The New Yorker
03/19/2015
Letter
46
"Final Four" English/Japanese
Spring Fun: March Madness
Funnies
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Spring Fun Birding Walks (Bird watching)
Birdwatching - Wikipedia
One of our stuff members joined Craig (Minnesota
Valley National Wildlife Refuge) for his birding walk.
What they spotted during Craig's walk: a Bald Eagle in flight, a Bald
Eagle nest, a Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flickers, Mallards, Canada Geese
(calls), American Black Ducks, Northern Shovelers, Lesser Scaup, a female
Greater Scaup (his first), a Hooded Merganser, Common Mergansers, Northern
Cardinals (spring calls), Chickadees (spring calls), American Tree Sparrows,
American Robins (calls), an American Goldfinch, Woodpecker drumming
A
Singer of Spring The American Goldfinch - YouTube
Downy Woodpecker Calling and Drumming - YouTube
Mammals: A
Muskrat swims to its lodge
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On our walks:
A Bald Eagle nest, and the parents (calls) perching on nearby branches, a European Starling (calls)
Red-tailed Hawks, Rock Pigeons
Dodge Nature Center:
Turkeys, Chickadees (calls); Educational birds: a Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk,
and Barred Owl.
Photos:
Birds |
Mammals |
Wildlife
Minnesota Spring
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Basics of Birding - Texas Parks and Wildlife [Official] - YouTube
Top
five bird-watching tips - YouTube
World Series of Birding 2015 May 9, 2015,
New Jersey Audubon
Big
year - Wikipedia
The
Big Year (2011) - IMDb
Bird-watcher's paradise: 5 birding hot spots in Wisconsin
Stevens Point Journal Media, 03/21/2015
Photos:
Birds |
Wildlife |
Birding
Minnesota Spring
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Spring Fun
Nature Notes
2015
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Open
Courses - MNGolf.org
March 20, 2019 -
Minnesota Spring
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Spring Fun
Let's play golf!
List of Golf Courses Open in the Twin Cities Minnesota
TwinCitiesGolf.com
Minnesota Spring
| Spring Fun
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Winter - Spring Fun Maple Syruping
Maple Syrup Making photos
Maple Syruping with Three Rivers Park District -
YouTube Minnesota
Three Rivers Park District: Maple Syruping Programs
How
to Make Maple Syrup - YouTube
For maple syrup events, google "maple syrup events"
Minnesota
Winter |
Winter Fun
Minnesota Spring
| Spring Fun
Flooding Problems
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St. Paul Bracing for Mississippi River Flooding |
www.WDIO.com
St. Paul, Minnesota, March 21, 2019
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Melting record snowpack, rain expected to cause
flooding | MPR News
March 13, 2019
photos:
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