HI ALL, DUSK/NIGHT BIRDING IN SAX-ZIM—Things that Go Buzz, Croak, Hoot & Bump in the Night
Friday, May 1st, 2015 (5:30pm-10pm or so...Meet at Welcome Center) OR meet at the Wilbert Cafe in Cotton for dinner from 4:30-5:15pm first **FREE TO MEMBERS (anyone who's donated more than $20 to FOSZB in the last 12 months) **$20 for others (AND this includes a one year membership!) Early Migrants, frog songs, woodcock and snipe aerial displays, and maybe even owls!? Last year we had fantastic looks at American Bittern and Great Gray Owl, and even got a front row seat to a displaying American Woodcock. Meet at the Wilbert Cafe for dinner at 4:30pm. We'll then car caravan around the Bog until about 10pm. **Very little walking required ***Please RSVP to i...@saxzim.org and please include your cell phone number. WARBLER WEDNESDAYS Wednesdays, May 13, 20, 27 (6am-11am or Noonish depending on conditions) **FREE TO MEMBERS (anyone who's donated more than $20 to FOSZB in the last 12 months) **$20 for others (AND this includes a one year membership!) Sax-Zim Bog hosts many species of migrating birds...warblers are often the stars of the show, but we'll also look (and listen!) for vireos, Bobolinks, Upland Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Grouse, magpies, ducks, shorebirds, and of course, the Bog specialties such as Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee and Great Gray Owl (no promises!). We meet at the Welcome Center on Owl Avenue at 5:45am then depart in a car caravan by 6am. Each car will have a radio so we can keep in contact with birds seen en route. **Very little walking required ***Please RSVP/Register by emailing i...@saxzim.org and let us know which day you will attend. Also include your cell phone number. BOG BIOBLITZ III Saturday, June 27, 2015 All day *FREE TO ALL Our Third Annual Bog BioBlitz and it will be bigger than ever! Now an all-day event. Go in the field with experts in many areas including birds, spiders, dragonflies, butterflies, wildflowers, orchids and more! Then we'll all meet back at the Welcome Center in the afternoon to share our discoveries. Each expert will give a report on what their group found. The Biodiversity of the Bog continues to amaze us. Join us as we continue to explore this magical place. BYOL (Bring your own Lunch and drinks). Bird trips will be at dawn (meet at Welcome Center at 5am) and other trips will depart at 8am. **Hiking required (BRING RUBBER BOOTS AND BUG DOPE AND LUNCH/DRINKS!) ***Please RSVP/Register with your preferred trip by emailing i...@saxzim.org. Also include your cell phone number. Sparky Stensaas Executive Director Friends of Sax-Zim Bog PO Box 3585 Duluth, MN 55803 www.SaxZim.org i...@saxzim.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
