 Minnesota
Birding Trips |
(Updates will follow as we set up new trips. Could definitely use Duluth/northern, western and Twin Cities area trips and leaders.)
March 13, 27 - Mississippi River Trips.
Meet at the Kwik Trip in LaCrescent, MN at 9:00 AM. Caravan will travel south on Highway 26 in Minnesota and Iowa, crossing into Wisconsin from Lansing, then north on Highway 35 to LaCrosse/LaCrescent. Early spring birding, heavy emphasis on waterfowl. Bring brown bag lunch or lunch briefly at café in Lansing. Total trip time about 6 hours. Contact Fred Lesher at corax6330@yahoo.com register. Trip will also be available on November 13th.
Chris West will also be leading 1-2 Mississippi River Trips,
but from LaCrosse north to Minneapolis, one in the spring, one in the fall, details forthcoming.
April 24, 25 Salt Lake Birding Weekend
Welcome the start of spring migration at the 35th annual Salt Lake Birding
Weekend on April 24th, 2010. Volunteers will guide birders to Salt Lake,
Big Stone Refuge and lakes, wetlands and native prairies of Lac Qui Parle
and southern Big Stone Counties. Last year 65 participants recorded 152
species including White-winged Scoter, Ferruginous Hawk, Prairie and
Peregrine Falcons, Piping Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, White-faced Ibis and
American Avocet.
On Saturday April 24th meeet at 7 AM at the Marietta American Legion, located one block west of the intersection of County Road 7 and State Highway 40, 11 miles west of Madison. Coffee, sweet rolls and milk are available. Guided car caravans will leave between 7 and 8 AM. At noon, stop back at the Legion for lunch and to compare notes.
A Saturday chicken dinner, for $10, will be served at 7:30 AM at the Sons of Norway Hall on Highway 75 in Madison. Reservations are necessary for dinner, please contact Becky Skallerud at 320-598-3797 of beckaberk@yahoo.com After dinner there will be a short program and the species count for the day. Sunday birding is on your own or stop at Prairie Marsh Farm for directions to local sites.
Local lodging is available at Lou's Lodge in Madison (320-598-7518), the Vali Vue Motel in Ortonville (320-839-2558), Prairie Waters Inn in Appleton (320-289-2500), and the County Inn by Carlson in Montivideo (320-269-8000). Free camping is available at Prairie Marsh Farm, 1770 151st Avenue, Marietta, located 7 miles west of US 75 and 1.5 miles south of 212. Contact Ken Larson (952-595-9265 home, 612-210-8486, prairiemarshfarm@comcast.net) for more information.
May 15 - Sherburne Refuge & Beyond, beginning at 7:00 AM.
Warblers and migrating passerines, we often break 100 species during the day, weather permitting. Will probably head up to Mille Lacs Lake & Kathio State Park in the afternoon. Al & Nate Schirmacher are co-leaders. Trip is currently full, but still taking waiting list names. Contact pastoral@princetonfreechurch.net
CLOSED: 25 registrants, and 10 on the waiting list.
May 22, 23 - Birding the Bend:
Minnesota River Valley in Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Chad Heins, Brian Smith and Bob Dunlap leading. Contact Bob at rdunlap@gustavus.edu to register.
June 19 - Aitkin County Birding, beginning at 7:30 AM.
Warblers, passerines and boreal nesters; Connecticut Warblers, Yellow-bellied Flycatchers and Boreal Chickadees last year; meeting at Rice Lake Refuge to park and ride. Four openings remain, will also have waiting list due to cancellations. Al and Nate Schirmacher are co-leaders, contact pastoral@princetonfreechurch.net
August 6-8 - Shorebird Workshop,
Bob Janssen and Doug Buri are co-leaders. See their website www.itctel.com/buri/SHOREBIRD, or contact Doug at dougburi@tnics.com.
October 8-10 - Sparrow Workshop,
Bob Janseen and Doug Buri. See their website at www.itctel.com/buri/SPARROW, or contact Doug at dougburi@tnics.com
October 16 - 7:30 AM, Loons, Loons and More Loons,
Mille Lacs Lake trip, generally 40-50 species, we often see Pacific and Red-throated Loons. Contact Al Schirmacher at pastoral@princetonfreechurch.net
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