Jim Ryan is the new Field Trip Chair for MOU. I will still be leading trips, four are below, two of which are MOU and require registration, two of which are Sherburne refuge trips and don't. > > * International Migratory Bird Day Tour (Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge), > Saturday, May 12th, 8:00-11:00 AM, meet at Sherburne Refuge's headquarters. > No registration required. Field trip leader, Al Schirmacher. > > * MOU Sherburne Refuge Tour, Tuesday, May 15th. 7:30 AM, meet at Sherburne > Refuge's Mahnomen trail. Trip limited to 20 registrants. Field trip leader, > Al Schirmacher. We will cover three trails (two hiking, one auto tour), > emphasizing spring migrants/warblers (we often break 20 species), as well as > resident nesters like Lark Sparrow. Register with Al directly at > [email protected] > > * MOU Highway 169 Big Day Tour, Thursday, May 17th. Bit of an unusual tour. > Meet at 3:30 AM in Rice Lake Refuge parking lot along Highway 65. Trip > limited to 10 birders willing to do a Big Day together in 3-4 vehicles. Trip > leader, Al Schirmacher. We will cover Aitkin, Mille Lacs & Sherburne > Counties, from Aitkin County 18 south to Sherburne Refuge, generally along > the 169 corridor. Anticipate seeing and hearing 130 + - species. > Anticipated completion time, 8:00 PM. Although we will not sprint from > location to location, and are not trying to break any records, this is for > those with the passion & stamina & relational skills to do a Big Day > together. Minnesota park stickers will probably be necessary. We start > early to hear Yellow Rails, LeConte's and maybe Sharp-tailed Sparrows. > Register with Al directly at [email protected] > > * Summer Bird Tour (Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge), Saturday, June 2nd, > 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Meet at Sherburne Refuge's Blue Hill Trail. No > registration required. Includes both walking and driving. Enjoy Sherburne > Refuge's resident, singing species. Trip leader, Al Schirmacher.
Thanks to Jim for his work, and for the opportunity to enjoy birds together. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
