Frankly, I'm LOL--happily, with all the IBAs, BBAs, and species studies going on, the MN R. Valley is bound to be well-birded for quite awhile, on those dates and most others, for years to come:-). Thanks for your involvement and for recruiting us "greenhorns" into the fold when you did. Linda Whyte
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Williams, Bob<[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Birders, The 10th Annual Great MN River Birding Day is scheduled > for September 11th and 12th. This will likely be the last year for this > event. It has been a lot of fun to do, but I believe that it has served > its purpose. In the beginning, this event was used to raise money for > the birding trail guide which was published in June of 2003. It then > grew into an attempt to informally survey the entire MN River Valley > Watershed during fall migration. A surprising number of species were > identified. In more than one year the number exceeded 200. Several > unusual species were found including Snowy Egret, White-faced Ibis, > Sabine's Gull, Yellow Rail, California Gull, Yellow-breasted Chat, Mute > Swan and Neotropic Cormorant. In the process, I hope that many of you > were able to enjoy birding in the valley during fall migration and that > you will continue to do so in the years to come. > This year there will be very little structure to the event. It is not > necessary to notify anyone if you intend to go birding on those days. > Remember that birding has always been restricted to the area west of > Highway 15 on the 11th, but there are no restrictions on the 12th. > There will be no rallies or meeting places this year. If you do go > birding, please send me your list of species as you have in past years. > I will collate the lists and publish the total. > I thank you all for your support for this event. It has been a pleasure > to be involved with it. > Bob Williams, Bloomington > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
