[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
.
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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educational programs, boat tours in large heated boats for close-up views,=20
vendors with<SPAN class=3D064290121-27102006> inviting</SPAN> and usefu=
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products, special homemade sourdough pancake breakfasts, <SPAN=20
class=3D064290121-27102006>a </SPAN>live auction with live music on Saturday=
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night, gift certificates and door prizes<SPAN=20
class=3D064290121-27102006> plus silent auction</SPAN>, and various oth=
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activities that match the magnificence of our very special avian visitors.=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>Our</SPAN> event has given great pleasure to=
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birders and their families, and to<SPAN class=3D064290121-27102006> a v=
ariety=20
of other groups</SPAN>, for the past 4-years. <SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>Last year 281 persons attended. Visitors have com=
e from=20
21 states (including states on all 3 coasts), Washington D.C. and Canada. Th=
e=20
waterfowl spectacle right on our doorstep, 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 & Bluffs Fall Bi=
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Festival, Nov. 10, 11 & 12th</U></STRONG> <SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>is </SPAN>headquartered <SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>at</SPAN> Lansing, <SPAN=20
class=3D064290121-27102006>in beautiful Allamakee County</SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D283112020-27102006>. <SPAN class=3D064290121-27102006>This=20
waterfowl extravaganza takes place on the Upper Mississippi River Natio=
nal=20
Wildlife & 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> </SPAN>at thi=
s=20
link: </FONT></FONT><A title=3Dhttp://www.lansingiowa.com/birdfest2006.html>=
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<P><SPAN class=3D283112020-27102006><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>For a=20=
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<P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>We hope to see <SPAN=20
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year's 5th Annual Rivers & Bluffs Fall Birding Festival<SPAN=20
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes, </FONT></P>
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ric</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>Ric Zarwell<SPAN=20
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>Lansing, Iowa 52151-0299=
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mission: To <STRONG>BRING MORE=
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UP.....</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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