Join the Bell Museum and Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union for a day of speaker sessions and activities to prepare for the spring birding season. The family-friendly morning session is great for those new to birding or wanting to refresh their identification skills. The afternoon session provides a deeper dive and resources for e-birding. Light refreshments will be provided. Members attending both sessions are encouraged to bring their own lunch.
Free for current members of the Bell Museum and Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union. No reservations are required for the open-house activities in the atrium from 10am-1pm. Reservations are required for the morning and afternoon speaker sessions. Saturday, March 18, 9:00am - 3:30pm Cargill Building 1500 Gortner Avenue St. Paul, MN, 55108 Free for Bell Museum Members and MOU Members REGISTRATION: Opens on February 20, 12 pm EVENT PAGE: https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/programs-events/spring-birds Program Overview: 8:45am - 9:00am: Doors open; registration 9:00am - 11:30am: Morning speaker sessions (family friendly) 10:00am - 1:00pm: Atrium tabling activities 11:30am - 1:00pm: Mid-day break: Visit tabling activities, bring your own lunch, or visit a nearby restaurant 1:00pm - 3:30pm: Afternoon speaker sessions Speaker Schedule: 9:00-9:45am: Clinton Nienhaus - Birding in Groups 9:45-10:30am: Kathleen MacAulay - Introduction to Waterfowl 10:30-10:45am: Morning break 10:45-11:30am: Flash sessions: Sharon Stiteler - Digiscoping; Pete Nichols - Quick Guide to Spring Warblers & eBird/MOU Data Entry 11:30am-1:00pm: BYO Lunch Break 1:00-1:45pm: Steve Stucker - Breeding Birds & Birding by Ear 1:45-2:30pm: Bob Janssen - Shorebird Identification 2:30-2:45pm: Afternoon break 2:45-3:30pm: Kim Eckert - Minnesota’s Next First State Records ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
