Ramsey Festival celebrates birds of spring
The third annual Ramsey County Bird Festival ? Where Birds and People Meet is a free celebration of springtime birds, running from May 1 through May 4, 2008. The volunteer- run festival highlights the many interesting birds found in St. Paul and suburbs and is designed to attract families and others to birding, America?s most popular outdoor activity. Walks are scheduled to give a bird?s eye view of areas where swans, eagles and loons nest and where migrating warblers feed. Other tours will look at resident birds like cardinals, blue jays and chickadees. A low-cost dinner will feature nationally known bird expert, speaker and humorist, Al Batt. His talk will be: Bird Stories: Finding wings of joy and feathered miracles. Snippets from a life gone to the birds. Also on the festival?s schedule is a day full of displays, demos and hikes at Harriet Alexander Nature Center in Roseville, a birding adventure by canoe and a tour of the rarely open Arden Hills Army Training Site (formerly known as the Twin Cities Arsenal). A special ceremony will be held a AHATS finalizing the site and adjacent Rice Creek as an Audubon Minnesota Important Bird Site. Bird walks and events, most of which are free and open to everyone, will be led by the area?s birding enthusiasts. Additional details and dinner registration information are available at http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/NaturalResources/urbanbirdfestival.htm For additional information contact: John Moriarty, Ramsey County Parks (651) 748-2500 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080409/7a13559c/attachment.html