Following is an update to the status of the remaining MBWeekends and
MBWeeks in the 2010-11 MBW season as of today, April 30. (This is
MBW's 25th season in association with the Minnesota Ornithologists'
Union: we started back in 1986 as MOU Birding Weekends.) For
additional information, or to register for any MBW, be sure to visit
the recently updated MBWbirds website http://mbwbirds.com, and please
don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
Kim Eckert
[email protected]
http://mbwbirds.com
2010-11 MINNESOTA BIRDING WEEKENDS
• May 15-16 / Rock and Pipestone Counties / $50 (Base Luverne)
Status: FILLED (limit 15 participants), 3 on waiting list
• May 22-23 / Rock and Pipestone Counties / $50 (Leader Craig Mandel;
Base Luverne)
Status: 4 vacancies (limit 15 participants)
• May 29-30-31 / MBW 25th YEAR CELEBRATION / Deep Portage Conservation
Reserve, Cass Co. / $200*
• pre-MBW option / May 28 / Morrison Co. / $30 (Base Little Falls)
Status: 3 vacancies (limit 60 participants with 4 leaders); *Note -
fee includes 3 nights lodging and 7 meals at Deep Portage; lodging
vacancies now limited
• June 19-20 / Lake of the Woods County / $50 (Leader Craig Mandel;
Base
Baudette
) • pre
-MBW option / June 18 / Beltrami Co. / $30 (Base Bemidji)
Status: FILLED (limit 15 participants), 5 on waiting list; Note -
2nd leader available to accommodate those on waiting list if there are
enough additional registrations
• August 21-22 / Stevens & Traverse & Big Stone Counties / $45 (Base
Morris)
• pre-MBW option / Aug. 20 / Douglas Co. / $30 (Base Alexandria)
Status: 2 vacancies (limit 15 participants)
• September 4-5-6 / Northwestern Minnesota / $70 (Base Karlstad)
• pre-MBW option / Sept. 3 / eastern Roseau Co. / $25 (Base Warroad)
Status: 2 vacancies (limit 30 participants with 2 leaders)
• September 25 / Duluth I / $20 (Base Duluth)
• September 26 / Duluth II / $20 (Base Duluth)
• pre-MBW option / Sept. 24 / North Shore / $25 (Base Duluth)
Status: 10 vacancies Sept 25, 8 vacancies Sept 26 (limit 15
participants each day)
• October 9-10 / Lyon & Lincoln Counties / $40 (Base Marshall)
• pre-MBW option / Oct. 8 / Minnesota River Valley / $25 (Base Redwood
Falls)
Status: 10 vacancies (limit 30 participants with 2 leaders)
• October 23-24 / Polk County / $40 (Base Crookston)
• pre-MBW option / Oct. 22 / Mahnomen Co. / $25 (Base Mahnomen)
Status: FILLED (limit 15 participants), 1 on waiting list;
vacancies remain on pre-MBW option
• November 6-7 / North Shore of Lake Superior / $35 (Base Duluth /
Grand Marais)
• pre-MBW option / Nov. 5 / Duluth / $20 (Base Duluth)
Status: 2 vacancies (limit 30 participants with 2 leaders)
• January 8-9, 2011 / Duluth III / $30 (Base Duluth)
Status: 5 vacancies (limit 15 participants)
2010-11 MINNESOTA BIRDING WEEKS
• June 5 - 13, 2010 / Churchill (plus SW Manitoba option June 13-15) /
$100 deposit
Status: FILLED (limit 11 participants), 9 on waiting list eligible
to be confirmed for 2011; NO ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS for 2010 or 2011
are being taken at this time
• July 5 - 18, 2010 / Nova Scotia & Newfoundland / $100 deposit
Status: FILLED (limit 11 participants), 16 on waiting list eligible
to be confirmed for 2011; NO ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS for 2010 or 2011
are being taken at this time
• July 31-August 8, 2010 / Southeast Arizona I / $100 deposit
Status: FILLED (limit 13 participants), 0 on waiting list
• December 27, 2010-January 2, 2011 / South Texas / $100 deposit
Status: 8 vacancies (limit 11 participants); Note - may be
rescheduled for February 19-27, 2011 if there is more interest in that
week (see below; February has been the usual month for this MBWeek)
• January 22 - 29, 2011 / Southern California / $100 deposit
Status: FILLED (limit 12 participants), 3 on waiting list eligible
to be confirmed for 2012
• January 30-February 6, 2011 / Southeast Arizona II / $100 deposit
Status: 1 vacancy (limit 12 participants)
[• February 19 - 27, 2011 / South Texas / $100 deposit; Note - a
tentative rescheduling if there is more interest in February than
December]
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