Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival February 18-20 2011 sax-zimbog.com ________________________________
Speakers: Friday speaker: Paul Bannick(http://www.paulbannick.com/) Which I am sure he will talk about his book, "The Owl and the Woodpecker" (http://www.paulbannick.com/shop/owl-and-woodpecker/) Saturday speaker: Mark Sparky Stensaas(http://www.stoneridgepress.com/ssphoto/guiding.html) Also visit Sparky's videos here: http://www.vimeo.com/user2917796/videos OWLS TO ORCHIDS: MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN OUR NORTHERN BOGS Are bogs really dark, dank, mosquito-infested swamps? Sax-Zim Bog birders know better, and through Sparky's HD video and still images we'll explore our northern Black Spruce and Tamarack Bogs...without getting our feet wet or frozen! Meet the bird that grows snowshoes, the devious orchid that outsmarts bumblebees, and the death-defying frog. And of course, the stars of the show will be some cooperative owl families caught on HD video. * Prior to all speaking events for Friday & Saturday nights there will be a catered dinners served. Field Trips Friday we will start off the festival with a field trip at dusk to look for the secretive Great Gray Owl. Saturday bird field trips: Sax-Zim Bog - Duluth/Superior Areas - Aitkin County Saturday (only) Photography Workshop taught by Sparky Stensaas and Shawn Zierman Sunday bird field trips: Sax-Zim Bog - Duluth/Superior Areas - Aitkin County * All field trips will be led by experience birders from around the state * All field trips and photography workshop will include bag lunches * YES we will have heated portable toilets at some locations in the bog! We will also have raffle off prizes for some luck festival participants on Saturday night and also through out the festival there will be local craftsman, artists and bird club organizations booths in the Meadowlands Community Center. Never been to Sax-Zim Bog? Wanna get a sneak peek to see what birds and scenery that is waiting for you? Click on this link to see a video created by Mike Furtman http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/novdec10/sax_zim.html You can visit Mike Furtman here: http://www.michaelfurtman.com/ Wanna help out Sparky and I and purchase some land and to build a birder welcome center please visit this site: http://www.birdnation.org/brrrrdathon/ We are also having a South Dakota outdoor/nature film production crew coming this year to film the festival and local wildlife for a segment for next year!! So what are doing on President's Day weekend? Do ya got Monday off? Wanna spend the weekend looking at some winter birds and just relax in a small town atmosphere? To learn more about this wonderful festival that is doing so much good for birders in the Sax-Zim area please visit our website at sax-zimbog.com Thanks for your time! Mike Hendrickson ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
