Birding Trail will make history! An official agreement is underway between MN and Manitoba to dedicate North America’s first International Birding Trail. On Saturday, May 16 at 11:30 am, a presentation by Carrol Henderson, MN DNR and Glen Suggett, Manitoba Conservation, will highlight key species and sites along Minnesota and Manitoba’s Pine to Prairie International Birding Trail. You'll hear of key sites to see piping plovers, golden plovers, black-bellied plovers, long-billed Dowitchers, avocets and more. It takes place at the 12th annual Festival of Birds in Detroit Lakes, MN, held May 14-17. The festival will also feature a shorebird workshop by Doug Buri, shorebird conservation program and fieldtrips led by Bob Russell, hands on details of the MN Breeding Bird Atlas, a new fieldtrip to fresh wetland restorations lead by Richard Crossley, book signings by Richard Crossley and Carrol Henderson and more. We see nearly 200 species during the festival each year. More info and to register on-line go to http://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/things-to-do/events/festival-of-birds/ Early bird registration for the binocular drawing ends this Friday, April 24th.
Kelly Blackledge Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, USFWS PH 218/847-2641 x17 [email protected]
