[mou-net] Minnesota Birding News Service Reprise!
Given the 2,000+ people who had installed my old Minnesota Birding News app, I felt badly that I had to take down the old app. It was too expensive for me to maintain, and all the costs were on my nickel. Many of you reached out to me privately with words of thanks and encouragement which I appreciated. Thus, I am pleased to announce I have found a new, much less expensive path forward. Over the past few weeks I have created the new Minnesota Birding News Service which is now in beta test (formal rollout expected in November). You may access and install 38 sources at present ranging from the Minnesota Ornithologists Union's own Facebook site to Audubon Minnesota. The service provides automatic updates for all new posts from every source without the user having to take any action ... all in one spot. As in the past ... there is no cost to install and no advertisements. Here is the web site for the service. Happy Birding! https://www.365daysofbirds.com/minnesota-birding-news/ Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding May/June issue
(Posted by Wren Haynes via moumn.org) Hello birders, I apologize for the lateness of this missive (and thanks to those who have already sent their calendar in), but Minnesota Birding is ready for your May/June events! Let me know what your organization is doing and provide me a short explanation of the goings-on. Thanks so much! Wren Haynes Editor Minnesota Birding Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding calendar request
(Posted by Wren Haynes via moumn.org) Hello everyone! I'm back looking for birding events to include in the March/April issue of Minnesota Birding. If you have anything coming up during those months, send me a short description and I'll put it on the calendar. In addition, if you have any article ideas for the newsletter I'd enjoy hearing your input. Thanks, Wren Haynes Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding submissions
(Posted by Wren Haynes via moumn.org) Hello everyone! It's that time again when I take to the interwebs to solicit announcements for Minnesota Birding. If you've got a birding event coming up in January or February, send in a short description and I'll include it in our calendar. On a related note, I'd also enjoy seeing more article submissions from you all. Short or long pieces by you, the readers, are the lifeblood of Minnesota Birdingso if you have an idea, don't be shy about sending it in. If anyone has an article or anecdote they'd like to propose for this upcoming issue or one in the future, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks, and I hope you all have a great holiday season! Wren Haynes Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Minnesota Birding News App
I have Rich's app on my phone. I opened it last night to review it again. It offers a great deal of useful information. Birders here are lucky to have it. I like the Denver app for one reason -- simplicity. It does one thing, and does it well. There is something to be said for simplicity in an age when more always seems to be regarded as better. (And, yes, sometimes it is.) And please, don't anybody ask my age. Jim Williams birding blog at www.startribune.com/Wingnut Our warming world is not waiting for you to pay attention. > On Nov 17, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Rich Hoeg wrote: > > In response to Jim William's post about the need for a Twin Cities birding > app, please remember the Minnesota Birding News App which is available free > for both IOS and Android devices. I built this app as a donation to the > Minnesota birding community, and it contains the following information: > > 1) Mn Rare Bird Alert > 2) Mn Bird Sightings by County > 3) Mn Bird List Service (MOU) > 4) Mn Birding Blogs > 5) Mn & Regional Birding Blogs > 6) Mn Bird Orgs | Sites > 7) Mn Photos > 8) American Birding Sites > 9) Int'l Birding Blogs > > Here is the link to the page on my blog with more information: > http://www.365daysofbirds.com/minnesota-bird-news-app/ > > One installs the app in the normal manner via Google Play or iTunes. I am > always looking for new ideas on ways to better the app. > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding News App
In response to Jim William's post about the need for a Twin Cities birding app, please remember the Minnesota Birding News App which is available free for both IOS and Android devices. I built this app as a donation to the Minnesota birding community, and it contains the following information: 1) Mn Rare Bird Alert 2) Mn Bird Sightings by County 3) Mn Bird List Service (MOU) 4) Mn Birding Blogs 5) Mn & Regional Birding Blogs 6) Mn Bird Orgs | Sites 7) Mn Photos 8) American Birding Sites 9) Int'l Birding Blogs Here is the link to the page on my blog with more information: http://www.365daysofbirds.com/minnesota-bird-news-app/ One installs the app in the normal manner via Google Play or iTunes. I am always looking for new ideas on ways to better the app. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding calendar items
(Posted by Wren Haynes via moumn.org) Hello all! Its that time of month again . . . were ramping up for the next publication of Minnesota Birding. So if you have a bird-related event on for November or December, please shoot me an email so I can put it in the next newsletter. I would need the programs name, the date, the time, and a brief description. Thanks so much, and have a great October! Wren Haynes wren.g.hay...@gmail.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding News App Live on Google Play!
The Minnesota Birding News App for Android is now available for free and w/o advertising via Google Play! A version for IOS via the Apple App Store is in progress. Hope to go live with the Apple version by Christmas. Search for "Minnesota Birding News" via Google Play, or learn more including accessing an installation link via my blog: http://www.365daysofbirds.com/minnesota-bird-news-app/ The app includes automatic updates from Minnesota Bird Blogs, Minnesota Bird Sightings from both MOU-net and eBird (no account required) and much, much more! (sorry ... no ginsu knives!) Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Custom Google Search Engine Updated
The search engine now includes image search (use image tab on search results page). In addition, I have added a search tips section. For example, enclosing the phrase "great gray owl" yields different search results than the same keywords which are not enclosed in quotes. This results difference is also true with regular Google search. For individuals who did not see my earlier post to MOU-NET, I have constructed a custom search engine which is an extract of only Minnesota birding sites. http://www.365daysofbirds.com/minnesota-bird-search/ Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Google Search Engine
Custom Built Minnesota Birding Google Search Engine! As a service to the Minnesota Birding Community, I have built a Google custom search engine which only indexes known Minnesota birding web content. The user may then search that content using Google search. Results do "not" include other content. Consider this a "beta" release. Please understand like any software code, I may yet have a few bugs to work out. I have created this search engine without charge as a service for the Minnesota Birding Community. Thank you. To try the search engine, please link to my blog. You will find the search engine linked in the top banner. It is named Mn Bird Search. http://www.365DaysOfBirds.Com/ Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Calendar of Events
Just a reminder that we would like to include your birding events in the Minnesota Birding newsletter Calendar of Events. We are now working on the July/August issue. If you have an event during that time period or in early September, please send me an email ASAP. My address is dmran...@northlc.com. Thanks. Diana Rankin Co-Editor, Minnesota Birding newsletter --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding calendar of events
Friends – I am gathering items for the Calendar of Events that will appear in the May/June issue of Minnesota Birding. If you have any items – meetings, field trips, exhibits, etc. – that you would like to have listed, please email them to me within the next week. Thank you! Diana Rankin Co-Editor, Minnesota Birding dmran...@northlc.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] "Minnesota Birding" issue needed
If any one has a copy of the May-June issue of "Minnesota Birding" that they no longer need would you please send it to the MOU address at the Bell Museum. A library in Winona has need for a copy to complete their files. Thanks. Bob Janssen rbjans...@aol.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding
The MOU has received a number of requests for back issues of our magazine Minnesota Birding from both 2009 and 2010. We are out of most of these, so if anyone would like to donate their copies, we would be grateful. Please send to: MOU Att. Bob Janssen J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History University of Minnesota 10 Church Street Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455–0145 Thank you. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding deadline
Here is a reminder for prospective contributors of articles and photographs to the January/February 2012 issue of MOU's Minnesota Birding newsletter. The upcoming deadline: November 20, 2011. Please send articles for consideration to: newslet...@moumn.org Keep sending those wonderful photographs to: desig...@moumn.org For information regarding advertising in Minnesota Birding: newslet...@moumn.org Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Deadline
Here's a gentle reminder concerning the May/June 2011 issue of Minnesota Birding. Articles, photos, and advertisements need to be sent in by March 20. Articles for consideration should be sent to: newslet...@moumn.org Keep sending those stunning bird photos to: desig...@moumn.org Send questions regarding advertising to: newslet...@moumn.org You're not an MOU member or have let your membership lapse? Oh, no! You won't be able to read in the recent issue how one Minnesota birder reacted when seeing a lifer at an outdoor wedding. Or, about the bird dog who retrieves.Ovenbirds? Or, how about that flying Walleye? Please join or renew your MOU membership! You'll receive The Loon, Minnesota Birding, and will support the fantastic MOU website. Thanks! Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Weekends update
Following is an update of the 2009-10 Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBW) schedule as of today, May 31. Please note that the dates for the Lake County MBW with a one-day option to Sax-Zim Bog have been changed: the Sax-Zim option is now scheduled for July 3 (formerly July 6), and the Lake Co MBW will be only on July 4-5 (formerly July 3-4-5), with the fee now $50 (formerly $75). Be sure to note as well that the NW Minnesota MBW over Labor Day Weekend still has plenty of vacancies, and it will include Roseau County, Lake of the Woods, and Beltrami Island State Forest (all places not covered on the Memorial Day MBW), as well as Agassiz NWR. It is still worth registering for MBWs which are already filled, since it may be possible to find a second leader and take extra participants (this will be likely on the Nov 7-8 North Shore MBW). Or, in some cases, an extra MBW on another weekend might be possible to accommodate extra persons. Remember, if places never open up for those on a waiting list, they will receive a full refund of their MBW fees. (And a reminder that you may register separately for any of the optional one-day MBWs without participating in the corresponding Saturday-Sunday MBW.) Please keep in mind that MBW registrations are only accepted by U S mail, that all registrations must now include an e-mail address, but that no registrations are taken or places held by e-mail. All registrations are confirmed by e-mail as they are received: please let me know if you did not receive confirmation for any MBW you registered for or if you have any questions. Additional MBW descriptions and registration information are included on the MOU website (http://moumn.org/mbw.html), on Bob Ekblad's website (http://www.birding-minnesota.com/MN-MBW.htm), and in the January 2009 issue of the MOU newsletter. Accordingly, here is the status of each MBW: - June 20-21 / Clay County / $50 Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman County / $30 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants - July 4-5 / Lake County / $50 (Leader Craig Mandel) Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 15 participants - pre-MBW option / July 3 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20 Status: 2 vacancies / limit 15 participants [July 26 - August 1 / Big Bend National Park: this Birding Week is already filled with 13 on the waiting list; sorry, no additional registrations are being taken at this time.] - AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 13 participants - August 22-23 / Stevens-Traverse-Big Stone Counties / $45 Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift County / $30 Status: 3 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70 Status: 9 vacancies / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater County / $30 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants - September 26 / Duluth I / $20 Status: 3 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 27 / Duluth II / $20 Status: 4 vacancies / limit 19 participants - October 17-18 / Marsh Lake-Lac Qui Parle-Big Stone NWR / $40 Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine County / $25 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 19 participants - November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40 Status: FILLED with 9 on waiting list / limit 19 participants [Note: second leader likely; if so, status becomes 2 vacancies / limit 30 participants] - January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35 Status: 4 vacancies / limit 19 participants [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 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 13 participants Kim Eckert 1921 W Kent Rd Duluth MN 55812 (218) 349 5953 ecker...@gmail.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding
The deadline for the July/August issue of Minnesota Birding is May, 20, 2009. Please send your articles to newslet...@moumn.org If you have ideas for an article you would like to submit, please also contact me. If you have photos of Minnesota summer birds you would like to submit, please send to desig...@moumn.org If you have submitted pictures and they have not been used, please remember that we try to use pictures of birds in the season in which we are printing the magazine. So, if you submitted photos of winter birds, they would probably be in a future winter issue, etc. If you have questions about photos you have submitted, please contact our designer at desig...@moumn.org Thanks Barb Martin Editor newslet...@moumn.org Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Weekends update
Following is an update of the 2009-10 Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBW) schedule as of today, March 31. Be sure to note that an extra Cottonwood & Murray MBW has now been scheduled on May 9-10 (plus a May 8 Watonwan Co option) to accommodate those who had been on the May 2-3 waiting list. (Although the May 2-3 MBW is filled, May 9-10 still has vacancies.) A reminder that you may register separately for any of the optional one-day MBWs without participating in the corresponding Saturday-Sunday MBW. It is still worth registering for MBWs which are already filled, since it may be possible to find a second leader and take extra participants (this will be likely on the Nov 7-8 North Shore MBW). In some cases, an extra MBW on another weekend might be possible to accommodate extra persons (e.g., the Cottonwood & Murray MBW). Remember, if places never open up for those on a waiting list, they will receive a full refund of their MBW fees. Please keep in mind that MBW registrations are only accepted by U S mail, that all registrations must now include an e-mail address, but that no registrations are taken or places held by e-mail. All registrations are confirmed by e-mail as they are received: please let me know if you did not receive confirmation for any MBW you registered for or if you have any questions. Additional MBW descriptions and registration information are included on the MOU website (http://moumn.org/mbw.html), on Bob Ekblad's website (http://www.birding-minnesota.com/MN-MBW.htm), and in the January 2009 issue of the MOU newsletter. Accordingly, here is the status of each MBW: - April 11-12 / Rothsay Wildlife Management Area / $45 Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / April 10 / Grant Co. / $30 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants - May 2-3 / Cottonwood & Murray Counties / $45 Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 15 participants - pre-MBW option / May 1 / Watonwan Co. / $30 Status: 3 vacancies / limit 15 participants - May 9-10 / Cottonwood & Murray Counties / $45 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 15 participants - pre-MBW option / May 8 / Watonwan Co. / $30 Status: 9 vacancies / limit 15 participants - May 23-24-25 / Northwestern Minnesota I / $75 Status: FILLED with 6 on waiting list / limit 30 participants (with 2 leaders) - pre-MBW option / May 22 / Kittson Co. / $30 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 22 participants (with 2 leaders) - June 20-21 / Clay County / $50 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman Co. / $30 Status: 9 vacancies / limit 15 participants - July 3-4-5 / Lake County / $75 (Leader Craig Mandel) Status: 4 vacancies / limit 15 participants - post-MBW option / July 6 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20 Status: 7 vacancies / limit 15 participants [July 26 - August 1 / Big Bend National Park: this Birding Week is already filled with 13 on the waiting list; sorry, no additional registrations are being taken at this time.] - AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit Status: 2 vacancies / limit 13 participants - August 22-23 / Stevens-Traverse-Big Stone Counties / $45 Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift Co. / $30 Status: 3 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70 Status: 19 vacancies / limit 30 participants (with 2 leaders) - pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater Co. / $30 Status: 9 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 26 / Duluth I / $20 Status: 3 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 27 / Duluth II / $20 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 19 participants - October 17-18 / Marsh Lake-Lac Qui Parle-Big Stone NWR / $40 Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine Co. / $25 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 19 participants - November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40 Status: FILLED with 9 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35 Status: 9 vacancies / limit 19 participants [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 Status: 8 vacancies / limit 13 participants Kim Eckert 1921 W Kent Rd Duluth MN 55812 (218) 349-5953 ecker...@gmail.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding
The deadline for the May/June issue of Minnesota Birding is March 20th. Please send news items to newslet...@moumn.org Photos of Minnesota birds should be sent to desig...@moumn.org Thanks Barb Martin Editor Minnesota Birding newslet...@moumn.org Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota birding field trip calendar
Hello, While planning my upcoming spring/summer birding outings (too many birds, not enough time) I decided to take it a step farther and create a Google Calendar with every known upcoming birding field trip in MN in 2009. I have not finished yet but have got through the end of May with all the trips I know of. If you are leading a trip or going on one (and have all the information about it) please email me and I will add it. I will work on June-August this week and should finish the calendar within a couple of weeks or so. Also, if you are leading a trip and it is full or my info is wrong, please let me know. Here is the link to the calendar (let me know if something is not working): http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=spottedtowhee%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Chicago I also plan on putting the calendar on my blog (listed below). Thanks, Derek Bakken spottedtow...@gmail.com ornitholature.blogspot.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Weekends update
Several of this season's Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBWs) were either already filled, or close to it, before MOU members received the January-February newsletter with the 2009-10 MBW schedule. Because of this, I have decided to return to the maximum of 19 participants on most MBWs, which had previously been our limit for several years. I had planned to change the limit on most MBWs to 15 participants, but that would have resulted in more persons on waiting lists. Note that 15 participants is still the maximum on the Lake Co/Sax-Zim MBW, 30 participants remains the limit on the 2-leader MBWs on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, and the maximum on the Big Bend, Arizona, and South Texas trips is still 13. Also note that it may be possible on some MBWs to find a second leader and take extra participants, especially those in Duluth and the North Shore, and in some cases an extra MBW on another weekend might be possible to accommodate extra persons. So, it is still worth registering for MBWs which are already filled with waiting lists. (Remember, if places never open up for those on a waiting list, they will receive a 100% refund of their MBW fees.) Accordingly, as of today, February 3, here is the status of each MBW: - April 11-12 / Rothsay Wildlife Management Area / $45 - pre-MBW option / April 10 / Grant Co. / $30 Status: 1 vacancy / limit 19 participants - May 2-3 / Cottonwood & Murray Counties / $45 - pre-MBW option / May 1 / Watonwan Co. / $30 Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - May 23-24-25 / Northwestern Minnesota I / $75 - pre-MBW option / May 22 / Kittson Co. / $30 Status: FILLED with 7 on waiting list / limit 30 participants - June 20-21 / Clay County / $50 - pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman Co. / $30 Status: 5 vacancies / limit 19 participants - July 3-4-5 / Lake County / $75 (Leader Craig Mandel) - post-MBW option / July 6 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants [July 26 - August 1 / Big Bend National Park: this Birding Week is already filled with 13 on the waiting list; sorry, no additional registrations are being taken at this time.] - AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 13 participants - August 22-23 / Stevens-Traverse-Big Stone Counties / $45 - pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift Co. / $30 Status: 2 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70 - pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater Co. / $30 Status: 22 vacancies / limit 30 participants - September 26 / Duluth I / $20 Status: 2 vacancies / limit 19 participants - September 27 / Duluth II / $20 Status: 4 vacancies / limit 19 participants - October 17-18 / Marsh Lake-Lac Qui Parle-Big Stone NWR / $40 - pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine Co. / $25 Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40 Status: FILLED with 8 on waiting list / limit 19 participants - January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35 Status: 11 vacancies / limit 19 participants [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 Status: 8 vacancies / limit 13 participants Please keep in mind that MBW registrations are only accepted by U S mail on a first-come-first-served basis (i.e., based on postmark dates); no registrations are taken by e-mail. All registrations received as of today have been confirmed by e-mail: please let me know if you did not receive confirmation for a MBW you registered for. The complete 2009-10 MBW schedule and registration information is included on the MOU website (http://moumn.org/mbw.html), on Bob Ekblad's website (http://www.birding-minnesota.com/MN-MBW.htm), and in the January 2009 issue of the MOU newsletter. Kim Eckert 1921 W Kent Rd Duluth MN 55812 (218) 349-5953 ecker...@gmail.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding
Hi All, The next deadline for Minnesota Birding is January 20, 2009. Please send all articles to newslet...@moumn.org Please send photos to desig...@moumn.org For advertising information, please contact Peter Neubeck at p.neub...@comcast.net The January/February issue is in the mail. I know that it is going to be late, but there were problems with production and mailing. The staff of Minnesota Birding apologizes for this inconvenience. Thank you Barb Martin Editor newslet...@moumn.org Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Weekends update
Registrations for the 2009-10 Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBWs) have been coming in rapidly since last week, and following is the status of each MBW as of today (January 6). Note that several are close to being filled, and the Big Bend MBW is already filled with a long waiting list: - April 11-12 / Rothsay Wildlife Management Area / $45 - pre-MBW option / April 10 / Grant Co. / $30 Status: 1 vacancy / limit 15 participants - May 2-3 / Cottonwood & Murray Counties / $45 - pre-MBW option / May 1 / Watonwan Co. / $30 Status: 1 vacancy / limit 15 participants - May 23-24-25 / Northwestern Minnesota I / $75 - pre-MBW option / May 22 / Kittson Co. / $30 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 30 participants - June 20-21 / Clay County / $50 - pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman Co. / $30 Status: 4 vacancies / limit 15 participants - July 3-4-5 / Lake County / $75 (Leader Craig Mandel) - post-MBW option / July 6 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20 Status: 10 vacancies / limit 15 participants - JULY 26 - AUGUST 1 / BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK / $100 deposit Status: FILLED with 12 on waiting list / limit 13 participants; first 13 on waiting list can elect to be confirmed for 2010) - AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit Status: 4 vacancies / limit 13 participants - August 22-23 / Stevens-Traverse-Big Stone Counties / $45 - pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift Co. / $30 Status: 1 vacancy / limit 15 participants - September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70 - pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater Co. / $30 Status: 23 vacancies / limit 30 participants - September 26 / Duluth I / $20 Status: 4 vacancies / limit 15 participants - September 27 / Duluth II / $20 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants - October 17-18 / Marsh Lake-Lac Qui Parle-Big Stone NWR / $40 - pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine Co. / $25 Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants - November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40 Status: 2 vacancies / limit 15 participants - January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35 Status: 11 vacancies / limit 15 participants [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 Status: 12 vacancies / limit 13 participants Please keep in mind that MBW registrations are only accepted by U S mail on a first-come-first-served basis (i.e., based on postmark dates); no registrations are taken by e-mail. Confirmations of all registrations received as of today were e-mailed this afternoon: please let me know if you did not receive confirmation for a MBW you registered for. The complete 2009-10 MBW schedule and registration information is included on the MOU website (http://moumn.org/mbw.html), on Bob Ekblad's website (http://www.birding-minnesota.com/MN-MBW.htm), and in the January 2009 issue of the MOU newsletter. Kim Eckert 1921 W Kent Rd Duluth MN 55812 (218) 349-5953 ecker...@gmail.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Minnesota Birding Weekends
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 Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
