Several of this season's Minnesota Birding Weekends (MBWs) were either
already filled, or close to it, before MOU members received the
January-February newsletter with the 2009-10 MBW schedule. Because of
this, I have decided to return to the maximum of 19 participants on
most MBWs, which had previously been our limit for several years. I
had planned to change the limit on most MBWs to 15 participants, but
that would have resulted in more persons on waiting lists.
Note that 15 participants is still the maximum on the Lake Co/Sax-Zim
MBW, 30 participants remains the limit on the 2-leader MBWs on
Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, and the maximum on the Big Bend,
Arizona, and South Texas trips is still 13. Also note that it may be
possible on some MBWs to find a second leader and take extra
participants, especially those in Duluth and the North Shore, and in
some cases an extra MBW on another weekend might be possible to
accommodate extra persons.
So, it is still worth registering for MBWs which are already filled
with waiting lists. (Remember, if places never open up for those on a
waiting list, they will receive a 100% refund of their MBW fees.)
Accordingly, as of today, February 3, here is the status of each MBW:
- April 11-12 / Rothsay Wildlife Management Area / $45
- pre-MBW option / April 10 / Grant Co. / $30
Status: 1 vacancy / limit 19 participants
- May 2-3 / Cottonwood & Murray Counties / $45
- pre-MBW option / May 1 / Watonwan Co. / $30
Status: FILLED with 1 on waiting list / limit 19 participants
- May 23-24-25 / Northwestern Minnesota I / $75
- pre-MBW option / May 22 / Kittson Co. / $30
Status: FILLED with 7 on waiting list / limit 30 participants
- June 20-21 / Clay County / $50
- pre-MBW option / June 19 / Norman Co. / $30
Status: 5 vacancies / limit 19 participants
- July 3-4-5 / Lake County / $75 (Leader Craig Mandel)
- post-MBW option / July 6 / Sax-Zim Bog / $20
Status: 6 vacancies / limit 15 participants
[July 26 - August 1 / Big Bend National Park: this Birding Week is
already filled with 13 on the waiting list; sorry, no additional
registrations are being taken at this time.]
- AUGUST 1 - 9 / SOUTHEAST ARIZONA / $100 deposit
Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 13 participants
- August 22-23 / Stevens-Traverse-Big Stone Counties / $45
- pre-MBW option / Aug. 21 / Swift Co. / $30
Status: 2 vacancies / limit 19 participants
- September 5-6-7 / Northwestern Minnesota II / $70
- pre-MBW option / Sept. 4 / Clearwater Co. / $30
Status: 22 vacancies / limit 30 participants
- September 26 / Duluth I / $20
Status: 2 vacancies / limit 19 participants
- September 27 / Duluth II / $20
Status: 4 vacancies / limit 19 participants
- October 17-18 / Marsh Lake-Lac Qui Parle-Big Stone NWR / $40
- pre-MBW option / Oct. 16 / Yellow Medicine Co. / $25
Status: FILLED with 0 on waiting list / limit 19 participants
- November 7-8 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $40
Status: FILLED with 8 on waiting list / limit 19 participants
- January 9-10, 2010 / Duluth III / $35
Status: 11 vacancies / limit 19 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: 8 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. All registrations
received as of today have been confirmed by e-mail: 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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