Hi folks, Just wanted to post a reminder that the last day for early registration for Hawk Weekend is tomorrow! Weve got some great field trips and speakers lined up, plus Ive put in an order for fabulous hawkwatching that weekend.
Hawk Weekend is set for September 11-13 this year (not North Shore Inline Marathon weekend). Our Friday speaker is Carroll Henderson and on Saturday we will hear a keynote address from Dr. Pat Redig. More details below. Here is the main Hawk Weekend webpage. We also have online registration available: http://www.hawkridge.org/events/hawkweekend.html Friday evening is "An Evening for Everyone", including a social and refreshments, live birds, a twist on the "Guess-the-Number-of-Hawks Contest", and a presentation from Carrol Henderson. Carrol has been the Minnesota DNR Nongame Wildlife Program supervisor since 1977 and has written several popular books about birds. He will give an illustrated talk about his new book "Birds in Flight: the Art and Science of How Birds Fly". This book combines the joy and wonder of witnessing birds flying and the science of how they accomplish it. Carrol will have his books available for purchase. Saturday will offer a variety of field trips and seminars away from the Ridge, and hawkwatching, interpretive programs, banded hawk and passerine demonstrations, optics displays, merchandise, and refreshments at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook. Saturday evening offers a social and refreshments, our annual member meeting, a fabulous "sustainable" dinner, awards, an auction, and a keynote address, "Forty-five Years of Meandering the World of Raptors: A Personal Odyssey Dr. Patrick Redig, Professor of Avian Medicine and Surgery, Co-founder and former Director of The Raptor Center, University of Minnesota. On both Friday evening and Saturday morning, author Jan Dunlap will be signing and selling her books from The Bob White Birder Murder Mystery series, which includes Hawk Ridge. Her first book, The Boreal Owl Murder garnered numerous book honors, including a silver medal in the 2008 Midwest Book Awards and nominations for the 2008 Minnesota Book Award and the 2008 Northeast Minnesota Book Award. Recently released, Murder on Warbler Weekend, features Minnesota birder Bob White in his second Birder Murder Mystery adventure. Sunday will offer a variety of field trips and many activities at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook. All activities at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook are open to the public; everything else requires registration. ____________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 [email protected] www.hawkridge.org Bringing kids and birds together. Over 7,000 times in 2008. Become a MEMBER and support our educational efforts! "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." - Michael Scott, The Office ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
