You can help celebrate the completion of the MN River Valley Birding Trail by doing what you enjoy most, birding! We would like to get as many of you as possible out into the valley this Saturday, September 20 to help raise public awareness of the important birding habitats that we have included on the birding trail. Information about this new trail is available on our website at www.birdingtrail.org and in printed guides that are now available at a number of locations throughout the valley. On previous birding days we have had as many as 30 teams of birders scattered throughout the watershed and have identified over 170 species. We hope to exceed those numbers this year and so far it looks as if the weather might cooperate. If you would like to participate in this event, please contact Bob Williams at 612-728-2232 or by e-mail at [email protected] There will be a rally Saturday afternoon from 2-4 at the Ney Environmental Learning Center in Henderson (about 50 miles SW of the Metro Area along the MN River) where there will be refreshments and a chance to boast about all the birds you found that morning. Attendance at the rally is optional. This year we will have birders from as far away as Japan joining us, so get out your binoculars and scopes and help us celebrate the opening of this exciting new trail. Bob Williams, Bloomington
