[mou] River & Bluffs Fall Birding Festival

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This sent for the good of all at the request of Ric Zarwell.
 
 
Would you like  to enjoy a relaxing, inexpensive, nearby, family-oriented, 
3-day birding  festival that has grown in size for 4 consecutive years?  
 
Participants will enjoy views of waterfowl concentrations that are  difficult 
for even seasoned birders to imagine. We typically  have 15,000 to 18,000 
elegant and noisy Tundra Swans, and 250,000 to  350,000 other waterfowl 
congregating on nearby sections of the Mississippi  River during our birding festival. 
Some years these  figures for ducks and geese get considerably higher than 
this; and the  swans tend to be concentrating further south on the river year 
after year. ( These data are from weekly aerial  surveys by the Fish & Wildlife 
Service.  ) 
Our field trip leaders  will help visitors experience these and many other 
species with half-day field  trips to Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The 
cumulative list of different kinds  of birds observed on this weekend over just 
4-years is now 114  species.   
We strive to provide stimulating  educational programs, boat tours in large 
heated boats for close-up views,  vendors with inviting and useful  products, 
special homemade sourdough pancake breakfasts, a live auction with live music 
on Saturday  night, gift certificates and door prizes plus silent auction, and 
various other  activities that match the magnificence of our very special 
avian visitors.  
Our event has given great pleasure to  birders and their families, and to a 
variety  of other groups, for the past 4-years. Last year 281 persons attended. 
Visitors have come from  21 states (including states on all 3 coasts), 
Washington D.C. and Canada. The  waterfowl spectacle right on our doorstep, is truly 
a national  attraction! 
The 5th Annual Rivers & Bluffs Fall Birding  Festival, Nov. 10, 11 & 12th is 
headquartered at Lansing, in beautiful Allamakee County. This  waterfowl 
extravaganza takes place on the Upper Mississippi River National  Wildlife & Fish 
Refuge, and the primary sponsor of the event is the now  the new Friends of 
Pool 9. Many co-sponsors from near and far assist with this  festival. Please see 
all of the details for this excellent but  inexpensive event at this  link: 
http://www.lansingiowa.com/birdfest2006.html


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For a list of  local accommodations, please send an email to the address 
shown below. Reservations should be made soon. At this writing the  festival is 
just 14-days away.   
We hope to see many IA-BIRD subscribers at this  year's 5th Annual Rivers & 
Bluffs Fall Birding Festival!!! 
Best wishes,  
Ric
 
 

Ric Zarwell, Co-Organizer

Rivers  & Bluffs Fall Birding Festival
2nd Weekend of  November
P.O. Box 299
Lansing, Iowa 52151-0299 
Email: Ric.Zarwell@mchsi.com
 
 
Birding  Festival Website:
www.lansingiowa.com/birdfest2006.html
 
Mission: To BRING MORE  people to nature through birding; 
and especially, to MOVE  MORE birders to effective conservation action."
 
SHOW UP.....SPEAK UP.....ANTE  UP.....
for Birds and all Biodiversity



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<DIV>This sent for the good of all at the request of Ric Zarwell.</DIV>
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products, special homemade sourdough pancake breakfasts,&nbsp;<SPAN=20
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activities that match the magnificence of our very special avian visitors.=20
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<P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>Our</SPAN>&nbsp;event has given great pleasure to=
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birders and their families, and to<SPAN class=3D064290121-27102006>&nbsp;a v=
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of other groups</SPAN>, for the past 4-years. <SPAN=20
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21 states (including states on all 3 coasts), Washington D.C. and Canada. Th=
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waterfowl&nbsp;spectacle right on our doorstep,&nbsp;is truly a national=20
attraction!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><U><SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>T</SPAN>he 5th Annual Rivers &amp; Bluffs Fall Bi=
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Festival, Nov. 10, 11 &amp; 12th</U></STRONG>&nbsp;<SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>is </SPAN>headquartered&nbsp;<SPAN=20
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class=3D283112020-27102006>.&nbsp;<SPAN class=3D064290121-27102006>This=20
waterfowl&nbsp;extravaganza takes place on the Upper Mississippi River Natio=
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Wildlife&nbsp;&amp; Fish Refuge, and the primary sponsor of the event is the=
 now=20
the new Friends of Pool 9. Many co-sponsors from near and far assist with th=
is=20
festival. </SPAN>Please see all of the details for this excellent but=20
inexpensive event</SPAN><SPAN class=3D283112020-27102006>&nbsp;</SPAN>at thi=
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<P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>We hope to see&nbsp;<SPAN=20
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year's 5th Annual Rivers &amp; Bluffs Fall Birding Festival<SPAN=20
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ric</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=3Dleft>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>Ric Zarwell<SPAN=20
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mission: To <STRONG>BRING MORE=
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