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The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) is pleased to offer = the following beginning bird classes and general field trips. All are = open to the public at no charge. (In many cases pre-registration is = requested). =20 Beginning Bird Watching Workshop in Bloomington Saturday, March 5, 2005 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm=20 George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811 Learn how you and your family can experience this popular pastime. = Increase your observation skills and learn answers to your questions. = You will expand your knowledge of birds and their habitats in this = multi-media class. Experienced volunteers will introduce your local Audubon Chapter = and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Participants will be = given schedules of free local outings. Class held at Minnesota Valley = NWR Visitor Center, 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington. Sherburne County birding day Tuesday, March 22, 2005, 5:00am Craig Mandel - 952-546-3407 Enjoy an early spring day of birding in Sherburne County. We will spend = time during this trip searching the lakes in the SW portion of the = county and check along the Mississippi River for waterfowl and any = lingering Swans. We will also be searching for flocks of Longspurs, Snow = Buntings and Horned Larks in the more open areas of the county. We will = stop at a couple wooded areas of the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge = in search of Owls and Sparrows along the Blue Hill trail. The nearby = Sand Dunes State Forest offers another mix of habitats to explore and = with luck we may turn up a Ruffed Grouse or some late winter Finches. = For more information or to register for the field trip, please contact = Craig. Breakfast With The Birds - note date change NEW DATE Saturday, March 26, 2005, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.=20 RSVP required by Wed, March 23 Jan Stoven 651-738-9411 (h)=20 Join Jan Stoven at her home in Woodbury for a continental breakfast plus = birdwatching in her back yard. From the comfort of Jan's kitchen you can = see all the birds that come to her many different feeders. Jan's house = is right by Ojibway Park, which offers 240 acres of prairie, marsh and = woods. =20 Rice/LeSueur County birding day Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 5:00am=20 Craig Mandel - 952-546-3407 Join us as we explore the wetlands and parks of Rice and LeSueur County. = Waterfowl will be the main event on this trip with over 30 species of = Swan's, Geese and Ducks possible at this time of the year. We will also = spend time hiking at the River Bend Nature Center, Falls Creek Park and = Sakatah Lake State Park in search of woodland species. We will also = check out the Waterville Fish hatchery ponds for any early shorebirds. = We will end our day with a search for American Woodcocks. For more = information or to register for the field trip, please contact Craig. =20 Beginning Birding Class in Bloomington Saturday, April 2, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Minnesota Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center George Tkach, 952-975-2972 If you would like to participate in local field trips offered this = spring, but feel a little inexperienced, do we have a deal for you! This = free introductory class will help you start birding. Subjects will = include bird identification features (field marks); adjustment and use = of binoculars; where and when to go birding; bird vocalizations and = audiotapes; field trip participation; etc. Bring your binoculars and field guides if you have them. Call George = Tkach to reserve a seat. This class is free and open to the public but = class size is limited to 25. Related field trip 6:30 April 19 at Wood = Lake in Richfield. Posted by George Skinner, field trip coordinator, MRVAC ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C51E2F.E9F87E80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <P>The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) is pleased to = offer the=20 following beginning bird classes and general field trips. All are = open to=20 the public at no charge. (In many cases pre-registration is=20 requested). </P> <P><STRONG><U>Beginning Bird Watching Workshop in = Bloomington</U></STRONG></P> <P>Saturday, March 5, 2005 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm </P> <P>George Skinner & Anne Hanley 952-936-0811</P> <P>Learn how you and your family can experience this popular pastime. = Increase=20 your observation skills and learn answers to your questions. You will = expand=20 your knowledge of birds and their habitats in this multi-media</P> <P>class. Experienced volunteers will introduce your local Audubon = Chapter and=20 the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Participants will be = given=20 schedules of free local outings. Class held at Minnesota Valley NWR = Visitor=20 Center, 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington.</P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><U><STRONG> <P>Sherburne County birding day</P></U></STRONG> <P>Tuesday, March 22, 2005, 5:00am</P> <P>Craig Mandel - 952-546-3407</P> <P>Enjoy an early spring day of birding in Sherburne County. We will = spend time=20 during this trip searching the lakes in the SW portion of the = county and=20 check along the Mississippi River for waterfowl and any lingering Swans. = We will=20 also be searching for flocks of Longspurs, Snow Buntings and Horned = Larks in the=20 more open areas of the county. We will stop at a couple wooded areas of = the=20 Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in search of Owls and Sparrows = along the=20 Blue Hill trail. The nearby Sand Dunes State Forest offers another = mix of=20 habitats to explore and with luck we may turn up a Ruffed Grouse or some = late=20 winter Finches. For more information or to register for the field = trip,=20 please contact Craig.</P> <P><B><U></U></B> </P> <P><U><STRONG>Breakfast With The Birds =96 </STRONG>note date=20 change </FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#ffffff><STRONG>NEW=20 DATE</STRONG></FONT></P></U></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <P>Saturday, March 26, 2005, 9:00 =96 11:00 a.m. </P><B> <P>RSVP required by Wed, March 23</P></B> <P>Jan Stoven 651-738-9411 (h) </P> <P>Join Jan Stoven at her home in Woodbury for a continental breakfast = plus=20 birdwatching in her back yard. From the comfort of Jan=92s kitchen you = can see all=20 the birds that come to her many different feeders. Jan=92s house is = right by=20 Ojibway Park, which offers 240 acres of prairie, marsh and woods.</P> <P> </P> <P><U><STRONG>Rice/LeSueur County birding day</P></U></STRONG> <P>Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 5:00am </P> <P>Craig Mandel - 952-546-3407</P> <P>Join us as we explore the wetlands and parks of Rice and=20 LeSueur County. Waterfowl will be the main event on this = trip=20 with over 30 species of Swan's, Geese and Ducks possible at this time of = the=20 year. We will also spend time hiking at the River Bend Nature = Center, Falls Creek Park and Sakatah Lake State Park in search = of=20 woodland species. We will also check out the Waterville Fish = hatchery=20 ponds for any early shorebirds. We will end our day with a search = for=20 American Woodcocks. For more information or to register for the = field=20 trip, please contact Craig.</P> <P> </P><B><U> <P>Beginning Birding Class in Bloomington</P></B></U> <P>Saturday, April 2, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.</P> <P>Minnesota Valley Nat=92l Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center</P> <P>George Tkach, 952-975-2972</P> <P>If you would like to participate in local field trips offered this = spring,=20 but feel a little inexperienced, do we have a deal for you! This free=20 introductory class will help you start birding. Subjects will include = bird=20 identification features (field marks); adjustment and use of binoculars; = where=20 and when to go birding; bird vocalizations and audiotapes; field trip=20 participation; etc.</P> <P>Bring your binoculars and field guides if you have them. Call George = Tkach to=20 reserve a seat. This class is free and open to the public but class size = is=20 limited to 25. Related field trip 6:30 April 19 at Wood Lake in = Richfield.</P> <P> </P> <P>Posted by George Skinner, field trip coordinator,=20 MRVAC</P></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C51E2F.E9F87E80--