Summer in Minnesota shines bright for birdwatchers, with colorful visitors like a Green Heron and Hairy Woodpecker bringing joy to backyard patios and ponds throughout the warm afternoons.

With bell-shaped purple blooms, creeping bellflower is pretty, but it chokes out wanted plants — and it’s all over the place in Minnesota.

Some Native Americans traditionally bestow bald eagle feathers at ceremonies to mark achievements, such as graduations, and ...