The Paper Session
The Paper Session
The Paper Session |
The MOU Paper Session will be held at the Bell Museum on Saturday, December 1st, 2007 from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.Registration fee is $4.00 if you register prior to November 21st or $5.00 at the door. Registration will be begin at 8:00 A.M. on December 1st. Pre-registrations must be received by November 21st, 2007. Mail your check for $4.00 to Donald Mitchell at the address shown below. Click here to download a PDF version (525k) of the registration form.
The paper session is held at and hosted by the Bell Museum of Natural History, on the University of Minnesota campus, 10 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, at the intersection of University and 17th. Parking is available in Nolte Garage, next to the museum. If you park and leave, you will be charged again should you return.
8:00 Registration 9:00 Welcome, Dr. Scott Lanyon, Director, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, including progress and planning for the new Bell Museum of Natural History building. 9:20 Biogeography of the Marbled Godwit: Solar satellite telemetry studies of North American godwits. Bridget Olson, USFWS, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah. 9:50 Hi-tech birding equipment and techniques. Sharon Stiteler 10:15 New books of note: Use and Conservation of Minnesota Wildlife, 1850-1900, by Evadene Burris Swanson. Comments by Hildy Morgan.
Wild About Minnesota Birds, A Youth's Guide to the Birds of Minnesota, by Adele Porter.
Upper Mississippi River, Minnesota River Valley, and North Shore Birding Trail Birding guides, Mark Martell, Audubon Minnesota10:30 Announcements, break, visit exhibits, book sales 11:00 Minnesota's Bed and Breakfast and Birding Initiative. Suzanne Tweten, Log House and Homestead B & B, Vergas, Minnesota 11:20 An update on the "Avian Tree of Life" project. Dr. Scott Lanyon and Dr. Keith Barker, Research Associate, Bell Museum of Natural History 11:40 Peregrine Falcon recovery update. Jackie Fallon and Dr. Harrison B. Tordoff. 12:00 Lunch, visit exhibits 1:00 MOU annual business meeting and awards 1:45 Purple Martin status and conservation. John Tautin, Purple Martin Conservation Association 2:25 Breeding Bird Atlas — taking wing. Ron Windingstad, Audubon Minnesota 2:40 Break and visit exhibits 3:10 Christmas Bird Counts: monitoring bird dispersal and distribution. Roger Schroeder 3:30 Lights Out-Bird Safe. A First Year of Success. Dr. Bob Zink, Breckenridge Chair in Ornithology, Bell Museum, and Joanna Eckles 3:40 The Trumpeter Swan Returns to Minnesota: 25 years of restoration. Carrol Henderson 4:00 Closing remarks Refreshments: Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis.
If you are interested you may order a box lunch, which will be served in the Nolte Center (next door to the Bell Museum). The lunch must be prepaid and we need to receive your order by November 21st. The box lunch includes your choice of sandwich (beef, ham, turkey or veggie), chips, fruit, cookie, and a beverage for $9.00. To reserve your box lunch send $9.00 for each lunch desired, indicating your choice of sandwich, to:
Donald MitchellRegistration and lunch cost can be included on one check, payable to the MOU.
28217 Gadient Lane
Red Wing, Minnesota 55066-5518If you have any questions, please contact Donald Mitchell.
