*The Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) invites you to join us for:*
*“Wildlife on the Edge: Conservation in New Zealand”Jordana Whyte Dunedin Wildlife Hospital &Takaraka/Whakahao Team* *Thursday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.* After five years, “Kiwi-sotan” Jordana Whyte is returning from the South Island of New Zealand to visit her family and update us on protecting the birds and animals of New Zealand, home to some of the world’s most unique and endangered wildlife. She will be reporting on the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital — now the busiest facility of its kind in the country — and her summer in the New Zealand subantarctic islands with the hoiho/takaraka (the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguin), and the whakahao (New Zealand Sea Lion). This meeting will be held in-person at the Minnesota River Valley Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center at 3815 American Boulevard East in Bloomington and will be simulcast via Zoom. The refuge visitor center is a short walk from the METRO blue line. While this will be an exclusive program at MRVAC, all meetings are free and open to the public. The meeting will be simulcast on *Zoom* beginning at 7:30 p.m. To join the Zoom meeting click on this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85663876921?pwd=YFZ5jg8Hsf6Aj91lpBMqH4ZOxjGbzW.1 <https://mrvac.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4ad4b74fdcf106a53b7418df&id=b14e144cfa&e=634141ce9c> Meeting ID: 856 6387 6921 Passcode: 724006 One tap mobile: +1 312 626 6799,,85663876921#,,,,*724006# <https://mrvac.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4ad4b74fdcf106a53b7418df&id=86be68571c&e=634141ce9c> US (Chicago) The MRVAC auction will happen Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington. Doors open at 6 p.m. Here is your chance to walk away with your own pair of Swarovski binoculars. We have collected about 100 books on birds and nature, bird houses and feeders, antique St. Paul Bird Club stickers, some incredible nature art, and much more. For more information, see the news article on MRVAC.org. <https://mrvac.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4ad4b74fdcf106a53b7418df&id=d3fe61b1b9&e=634141ce9c> *Copyright © 2023 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC), All rights reserved.* Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swesto...@gmail.com ---- 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.