[mou] Hawk Weekend 2006--speakers & dinner

[Debbie Waters]

It's not too late to register for Hawk Weekend 2006!

We've got a great lineup of speakers, including renowned researcher Dr. John
Pastor, speaking on "Climate Change and the Boreal Forest", Dr. Gerald Niemi
speaking on the "Ecology of the Canada Lynx", and our keynote speaker from
Colorado, Northern Goshawk researcher Dr. Richard Reynolds.

A fantastic sustainable dinner is planned for Saturday evening and tickets
are available through September 22.  You can register online
(www.hawkridge.org) or call 218.428.6209.

DETAILED SCHEDULE:
Hawk Weekend
a celebration of birds
September 22, 23, and 24

Costs:	Friday evening only: 	• Non-members: $2 per person/$5 per family
				• Members: Free

	Entire weekend: 	Before September 15 	• Non-members $20
							• Members $15
							• Students/Seniors $5

				After September 15	• Non-members $25
							• Members $20
							• Students/Seniors $10

Saturday Dinner: 	$15 -- tickets available until September 22
	Menu: Wild Alaskan Salmon, baked with fresh dill and lemon; Nutty Herbed
Wild Rice; Roasted Root Vegetables; Artisan Bread with Herb Butter;
Assorted Relishes; Apple Pie and Cheddar Cheese; Coffee/Tea/ Water.

	Every effort has been made to prepare this meal with local products when
possible. The salmon is from Bristol Bay, Alaska, and is caught using
sustainable fishing methods by a Duluth fisherman and his daughter. The
salmon is quick frozen and shipped to Duluth.  The wild rice is not
cultivated. It is hand harvested and parched by members of the Native
American Community. Our vegetables and apples are organically grown.  The
coffee is organic, fair trade.

Friday, September 22
“An Evening for Everyone”

Location: First United Methodist Church (the “Coppertop”), 230 East Skyline
Parkway in Duluth

6:00 pm	Registration
		Social & Refreshments
		Meet live birds
		Learn about bird watching, hawks, and local resources

7:00 pm	An Introduction to Hawks and Hawk Ridge by Debbie Waters

8:00 pm	Guess the Number of Hawks contest—a new twist

Saturday, September 23
Morning	Field Trips (open to any Hawk Weekend registrant)
	Birding Park Point (Kim Risen): 7am 			Birding the North Shore (Dave
Benson): 7am
	Birding Morgan Park (Jonas Benson): 7am		Passerine Banding (Dave
Grosshuesch): 9am
	Berries and Birds (Matt & Julie Etterson): 9am

8 am - 4 pm	At Hawk Ridge: hawkwatching, interpretive programs, banded
raptor and passerine demonstrations, optics displays, merchandise, and
refreshments.

AFTERNOON & EVENING PROGRAMS
Location: First United Methodist Church (the “Coppertop”), 230 East Skyline
Parkway in Duluth

4:00 pm	Seminar
“Climate Change and the Boreal Forest”
	Dr. John Pastor, Professor, Department of Biology, and Senior Research
Associate, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota,
Duluth.  Dr. Pastor is a national and international authority on the boreal
forests of the world.  His research over the past 25 years on moose, climate
change, and the boreal forest ecosystem in Minnesota, Canada, and Sweden
have been supported by many organizations including the National Science
Foundation.  Dr. Pastor recently returned from a year in Sweden where he
co-authored a book on large mammals and the boreal forest.

4:30 pm	Seminar
“Ecology of Canada Lynx”
	Dr. Gerald J. Niemi, Professor, Department of Biology, and Director, Center
for Water and the Environment, Natural Resources Research Institute,
University of Minnesota, Duluth will speak on the on-going studies of the
Canada lynx in Minnesota.  This elusive mammal was designated as threatened
in the United States in 2000.  During the past four years more than 30 lynx
have been trapped and fitted with transmitters.  The status of the species
in Minnesota still remains precarious, but successful reproduction of lynx
in Minnesota has been documented. The talk will summarize the field studies
of this species in northern Minnesota.

5:00 - 5:30 pm	Annual member meeting of the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

5:00 pm	Social

6:00 pm	Dinner – Sustainable meal prepared by the First United Methodist
Church’s Sustainability Group – Lower level Lakeview Social Hall

7:00 pm	Awards and Announcements

7:15 pm	Keynote Speaker
	Dr. Richard Reynolds, “Northern Goshawk Ecology in the Western United
States”
	Dr. Richard Reynolds is a Wildlife Research Biologist with the U.S. Forest
Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Lab in Fort Collins, Colorado.  He is
joining us to speak on his extensive research and ongoing studies of the
Northern Goshawk in the western U.S.

8:30 pm	Silent Auction Finale

Sunday, September 25
Morning	Field Trips (open to any Hawk Weekend registrant)
	Birding Park Point (Kim Risen): 7am			Birding the North Shore (Pat
Collins): 7am
	North Shore Geology (John Green): 9am

8 am - 4 pm	At Hawk Ridge: hawkwatching, interpretive programs, banded
raptor and passerine demonstrations, optics displays, merchandise, and
refreshments.
__________________________________
Debbie Waters, Education Director
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory
P.O. Box 3006
Duluth, MN 55803-3006
(218) 428-6209
dwaters@hawkridge.org
www.hawkridge.org

Hawk Weekend 2006
-a celebration of birds-
September 22-24
www.hawkridge.org

"I can levitate birds.  No one cares."
                                           --Stephen Wright





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