All, I will be leading a field trip through Aitkin County on June 10th. We will meet in the town of Floodwood (exact rendezvous TBD) at 6AM, starting the morning on Hedbom Road to the West of town, carpooling with ideally 2 vehicles at most. We will then go back to Floodwood and caravan around Aitkin county in a counter clockwise route until reaching Rice Lake NWR for an evening birding session to end the day.
Participants would be encouraged to get lodging or find a campground nearby the night before as we will meet at 6AM sharp. There is a place called the Stardust Motel in the town of Floodwood currently with 6 rooms left as of 8:30AM on 5/30. With taxes my room came to ~$92, making this an affordable and convenient choice. While you're up in the area and feel like you can handle a nocturnal birding session before waking up early the next day, McGregor Marsh is a great location for hearing Yellow Rails. This will be limited to seven participants (with five slots left) and registration via Signup Genius event is required. Please see the following link for more information and to register: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f48a9ac2fa5ffce9-aitkin#/ I hope you'll consider joining me. Please reach out to me with any questions. Best, Trey Weaver ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
