* Salt Lake Weekend, Saturday April 30th. Volunteers will lead tours at Salt Lake, Big Stone Refuge and throughout the lakes, wetlands and native prairies of Lac Qui Parle and southern Big Stone counties. Last year 141 species were recorded. Meet at 7 AM at the Marietta American Legion, intersection of CR 7 and MN 40, 11 miles west of Madison. Car caravans will leave between 7:00 and 8:00 AM. For further details, contact Ken Larson at prairiemarshf...@comcast.net. No registration required.
* Birding St. Cloud & Environs, Saturday, April 30th 6:00. Number of openings still available. Meet at Clearwater Travel Plaza at 6:00 AM for breakfast & organizing. Will be birding the riparian of the Mississippi River toward Royalton, and back to St. Cloud. Counties include Wright, Sherburne, Benton, Morrison and Stearns. Plan for hiking with some brush, many sites available. Optional Sunday option, 5:00-9:00 AM. Contact Milton Blomberg at mjbflw...@msn.com or 320-656-5272. * Wild River State Park, Saturday, May 14th. The Wild River Audubon Chapter leads walks at the park, welcomes MOU folks to join, Joe Sausen will lead this hike. Warblers, passerines, water & prairie birds all featured. Runs from 8:00 AM to noon. Contact Joe at jcsau...@earthlink.net for more details. * Friends of Crane Meadows NWR Birdwalk Morning, Saturday, May 14, 8:00-11:30 AM. Join us for a three mile loop along Platte River and oak savanna habitat near the refuge headquarters. Other options include a 5:30 AM early bird scour of MacDougall Farm TNC and backroad to Crane Meadows for the hike. Afternoon of birding Morrison County locations also an option. Contact Milton Blomberg at mjbflw...@msn.com. * Sherburne Wildlife Refuge, Saturday, May 14th, 7:15 AM. Trip is currently full. 90-120 species possible, warblers, passerines, grassland birds (including nesting Lark Sparrows). Optional afternoon outing as well. Contact Al Schirmacher at pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net. * Carlos Avery Field Trip, Saturday, June 4th, 7:00-10:30 AM. Trip is currently full. Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area offers a variety of habitats, including woods, second-growth, ponds and marches. We will meet at a site in Forest Lake and caravan to the WMA. Trip limited to 15 participants. Contact Ann Kessen at kess0...@umn.edu. * Aitkin County, Saturday, June 11th, 7:15 AM. Trip is full, but two spots available on waiting list. Meet at the Rice Lake Refuge parking lot south of McGregor on 65. This trip will emphasize nesting passerines (with strong emphasis on warblers), as well as boreal species like Boreal Chickadee, Gray Jay and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Trip is limited to 25 participants. Contact Al Schirmacher at pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net. . * Shorebird Workshop, August 5th-7th, Bob Janssen and Doug Buri lead. Check www.itctel.com/buri/SHOREBIRD for details. * Mille Lacs County, Saturday August 27th, 7:15 AM. Five spots still available, plus waiting list. Meet at the Kathio State Park parking lot (just off 169), sticker required. We will be attempting to catch the beginnings of fall migration while catching lingering nesters. Trip is limited to 25 participants. Contact Al Schirmacher at pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net. * Duluth Field Trip, Saturday, September 24th, 8:00-4:00. Meet at Park Point Recreational area parking lot. We will look for jaegers, Sabine's Gulls, Little Gulls, Arctic Terns, shorebirds, waterfowl, early gulls and loons. We will also be in communication with Wisconsin Society of Ornithologists' jaeger trip at Wisconsin Point, perhaps join them for a bit. No limit on participants. Contact Mike Hendrickson at mlhendrick...@yahoo.com * Sparrow Workshop, October 7th-9th, Bob Janssen and Doug Buri lead. Check www.itctel.com/buri/SPARROW for details. * Loons, Loons and More Loons, Saturday, October 15th, 7:30 AM. Three spots still available, plus waiting list. Meet at the Dairy Queen parking lot outside of Onamia (along 169), carpool from there. We will cover the west (and perhaps north this year) side of Mille Lacs Lake, looking for Common, Red-throated and Pacific Loons, as well as other interesting birds migrating through. Trip is limited to 25 participants. Contact Al Schirmacher at pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net. * Grand Marais Field Trip, Saturday and Sunday, November 12-13th, 7:30 AM. Trip is full, but waiting list available. Bird the North Shore, looking for late migrants and arctic birds like Bohemian Waxwings, winter finches and Snow Buntings. Watch migrating raptors. Look for western strays like Townsend Solitaires, Mountain Bluebirds, Varied Thrush and others. Meet at the 40th Avenue West parking lot in Duluth. Contact Mike Hendrickson at mlhendrick...@yahoo.com * Fall Waterfowl Field Trip, Sunday, November 20th, 8:30 AM. Meet at Nelson County Park at the northern tip of French Island in Onalaska. We'll head north through Trempeleau to Winona, Wabash, Alma and end at the National Eagle Center. Chance to work on two state lists! No limit on participant numbers. Contact Chris West at chris.w.bir...@gmail.com Al Schirmacher MOU Field Trip Chair Princeton, MN Also check www.mrvac.org for Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter trip listings, they do an excellent job! ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
