The 2009-10 Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBW) schedule is now included
on the MOU website (http://moumn.org/mbw.html) and on Bob Ekblad's
website (http://www.birding-minnesota.com/MN-MBW.htm). It also appears
as an insert in the January 2009 issue of the MOU newsletter
(Minnesota Birding), which is probably being mailed to members this
week.
Accordingly, I am now accepting registrations for this coming season's
MBWs, and please keep in mind that some trips become filled with
waiting lists very quickly, so don't delay if there's a MBW you're
especially interested in. Following is the list of the April 2009 -
February 2010 MBWs, and you'll find additional information about them,
including the registration procedure and a form, on the two websites
above and in Minnesota Birding:
- April 11-12 / Rothsay Wildlife Management Area / $45
- pre-MBW option / April 10 / Grant Co. / $30
- May 2-3 / Cottonwood and Murray Counties / $45
- pre-MBW option / May 1 / Watonwan Co. / $30
- May 23-24-25 / Northwestern Minnesota I / $75
- pre-MBW option / May 22 / Kittson Co. / $30
- June 20-21 / Clay County / $50
- pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman Co. / $30
- July 3-4-5 / Lake County / $75 (Leader Craig Mandel)
- post-MBW option / July 6 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20
- JULY 26 - AUGUST 1 / BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK / $100 deposit
- AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit
- August 22-23 / Stevens - Traverse - Big Stone Counties / $45
- pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift Co. / $30
- September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70
- pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater Co. / $30
- September 26 / Duluth I / $20
- September 27 / Duluth II / $20
- October 17-18 / Marsh Lake - Lac Qui Parle - Big Stone N.W.R. / $40
- pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine Co. / $25
- November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40
- January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35
[January 16 - 24, 2010 / California & Arizona (Co-Leader Craig
Mandel): this Birding Week is already filled with 9 on the waiting
list; sorry, no additional registrations are being taken at this time.]
- FEBRUARY 6 - 14, 2010 / SOUTH TEXAS / $100 deposit
* * *
Veterans of past MBW seasons will notice several changes in the
registration procedure and in some of our policies. Unfortunately, a
printing error made these somewhat difficult to read on the first page
of the Minnesota Birding insert, and following are the most important
changes:
- All registrations must now include an e-mail address; this is
because the information about each MBW will now only be sent by e-
mail, no longer by U S mail.
- Most MBWs will now be limited to 15 participants with 4 vehicles in
the birding car caravans; formerly the limit was 19 persons in 5
vehicles.
- Those whose registrations are confirmed for a MBW will receive a
refund of 80% of the registration fee if they cancel at least one week
before the MBW; formerly this refund was 100%. (Those on a MBW's
waiting list will still receive a 100% refund if a place for them
never opens up.)
- The registration form has changed, resulting in less paperwork: MBW
veterans will no longer need to include a home address and telephone
number if these have not changed, and you can now include more than
one MBW registration on a single form and on a single check.
Finally, a reminder that MBWs are part of the MOU field trips
schedule, and the MOU has other field trips coordinated by Field Trips
Chairman Bob Williams (bxwilli...@cbburnet.com).
Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions, and note that
MBW's telephone number has changed. See you in 2009.
Kim Eckert
1921 W Kent Rd
Duluth MN 55812
(218) 349-5953
ecker...@gmail.com
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