Registrations for the 2009-10 Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBWs) have
been coming in rapidly since last week, and following is the status of
each MBW as of today (January 6). Note that several are close to being
filled, and the Big Bend MBW is already filled with a long waiting list:
- April 11-12 / Rothsay Wildlife Management Area / $45
- pre-MBW option / April 10 / Grant Co. / $30
Status: 1 vacancy / limit 15 participants
- May 2-3 / Cottonwood & Murray Counties / $45
- pre-MBW option / May 1 / Watonwan Co. / $30
Status: 1 vacancy / limit 15 participants
- May 23-24-25 / Northwestern Minnesota I / $75
- pre-MBW option / May 22 / Kittson Co. / $30
Status: 6 vacancies / limit 30 participants
- June 20-21 / Clay County / $50
- pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman Co. / $30
Status: 4 vacancies / limit 15 participants
- July 3-4-5 / Lake County / $75 (Leader Craig Mandel)
- post-MBW option / July 6 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20
Status: 10 vacancies / limit 15 participants
- JULY 26 - AUGUST 1 / BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK / $100 deposit
Status: FILLED with 12 on waiting list / limit 13 participants;
first 13 on waiting list can elect to be confirmed for 2010)
- AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit
Status: 4 vacancies / limit 13 participants
- August 22-23 / Stevens-Traverse-Big Stone Counties / $45
- pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift Co. / $30
Status: 1 vacancy / limit 15 participants
- September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70
- pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater Co. / $30
Status: 23 vacancies / limit 30 participants
- September 26 / Duluth I / $20
Status: 4 vacancies / limit 15 participants
- September 27 / Duluth II / $20
Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants
- October 17-18 / Marsh Lake-Lac Qui Parle-Big Stone NWR / $40
- pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine Co. / $25
Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants
- November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40
Status: 2 vacancies / limit 15 participants
- January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35
Status: 11 vacancies / limit 15 participants
[January 16-24, 2010 / California & Arizona (Co-Leader Craig Mandel):
this Birding Week is already filled with 9 on the waiting list; sorry,
no additional registrations are being taken at this time.]
- FEBRUARY 6 - 14, 2010 / SOUTH TEXAS / $100 deposit
Status: 12 vacancies / limit 13 participants
Please keep in mind that MBW registrations are only accepted by U S
mail on a first-come-first-served basis (i.e., based on postmark
dates); no registrations are taken by e-mail. Confirmations of all
registrations received as of today were e-mailed this afternoon:
please let me know if you did not receive confirmation for a MBW you
registered for.
The complete 2009-10 MBW schedule and registration information is
included on the MOU website (http://moumn.org/mbw.html), on Bob
Ekblad's website (http://www.birding-minnesota.com/MN-MBW.htm), and in
the January 2009 issue of the MOU newsletter.
Kim Eckert
1921 W Kent Rd
Duluth MN 55812
(218) 349-5953
[email protected]
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