[mou] Moving to Minnesota, Questions

[AL]

My name is Al Schirmacher, and I will be starting a pastorate in Princeton, 
MN on 12/1.  I'm currently based in Madison, WI, and have been birding the 
southern & central WI area for 10 years.

Generally I bird a one hour radius of my location 100-150 times annually 
(many of these local walks, since Madison has four lakes & 200 parks), with 
scattered longer trips - including Horicon Marsh, the Milwaukee lakefront, 
Baxter's Hollow and Wyalusing (latter two havens for more southern birds 
like Kentucky, Worm-eating, Yellow-throated Warblers and 
related).  Normally I see 245-265 species annually.

What should I expect within a one hour radius or so of Princeton (located 
45-50 minutes north of the Twin Cities on 169)?  Are there areas I should 
concentrate on?  What spots are worth traveling over an hour for (eg, see 
frequent Duluth posts)?  Is there likely to be a higher concentration of 
winter specialties (redpolls, crossbills, grosbeaks, northern owls and the 
like - rarely seen here) and a lower concentration of migrating warblers 
(normally see 34 a season)?  How are the CBC numbers (spoiled here, Madison 
averages 85-95 species, my last route had 42 in 2002 - 45 minutes north of 
Madison)?  What MOU trips are not to be missed?

Thanks!

Al Schirmacher
Madison, WI
Princeton, MN