These two May field trips still have openings: > > * 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] > > Thanks!
Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
