[mou] FW: Great Gray Owl Release Saturday 9:00 AM Carlos Avery

[Alt, Mark]

Our good friends at the Raptor Center have invited the MOU to take part
in the release of a Great Gray Owl in Carlos Avery this Saturday,
4/16/05, @ 9:00 AM, directions in the email below. I apologize if this
is inconvenient for many MOU members who do not live in proximity to
this area just north of the Twin Cities, but rest assured you will be
represented by those who show up. Please come if you can, and my thanks
to each of you for being a part of this year of the Owls; so many people
who have done so much. It makes me aware of the potential positive
results a group of people can produce when they work together. This
tribute is for each birder in the state, whether they be MOU members,
Hawk Ridge, Audubon Society, DNR, Raptor Society and many others. The
best part is one more Great Gray goes wild in the state, what better
tribute!


Mark Alt=20
MOU President
mark.alt@bestbuy.com
C/O J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History
University of Minnesota
10 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0104
MOU.mn.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Koch [mailto:kochx039@umn.edu]=20
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:50 AM
To: Alt, Mark
Subject: RE: Release Saturday

Sure- I'll assume you know Carlos Avery

Take 35W to Lexington ave exit take Lexington ave all the way to county=20
road 18 (the same way to DNR offices or Wildlife Science Center at
Carlos=20
Avery)
Take county rd 18/ county road 2 East off Lexington (right turn) . Take=20
take county rd 18/ county road 2 East To Zodiac. take Zodiac north or
left=20
to the T intersection.  The ranger house/station will be directly in
front=20
of you at the T, go right it is a dirt road, a few hundred feet up is a=20
good release spot (Sharon has directions) if you go around the bend with

all the mud to the open water pond area you have gone too far.




>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lisa Koch [mailto:kochx039@umn.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 5:02 PM
>To: mark.alt@bestbuy.com; markfalcon@comcast.net
>Subject: Release Saturday
>
>Mark,
>
>would 9:00 am work for a release time?
>Sharon Stitler and her husband have volunteered to be the driver/
>handler
>but they would need to be up there by 9:00 am.  I know that is early
for
>
>many people on a Saturday- but I think Birders may be different :)
>
>Lisa