Hi Kim...
I believe you are in Texas.. hope it is birdy and not too hot. I recall the near death lack of water experience you spoke of with Linda S last year! I wish to go to the big 25th anniverary weekend. If i made the cut. I am putting a check in the mail today. Saturday. May have missed the mail man though. I will bird my way over Friday afternoon. Not doing the pre weekend thursday thing. Please let me know if I am registered and will make plans re carpooling or whatever i need to know re roommates, etc etc. see ya soon DK > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:10:13 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [mou-net] Minn Birding Weekends/Weeks update > To: [email protected] > > 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] > > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. 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