Loons have been spotted on smaller bodies of water that have opened in Becker County. How are migrating loons faring in the toxins of the Gulf Coast oil spill of 2010? Carrol Henderson, MN DNR Nongame Wildlife supervisor collaborated with the US Geological Survey to fit Common Loons with satellite transmitters or geolocator tags to record bird migration routes and feeding patterns. Find out what they found about the impacts of the oil spill on MN migrants on Thursday, May 16 at the Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds (May 16-19). Friday, May 17 Paul Sundberg shares behind the scenes secrets of nature photography. Saturday, May 18 Cornell Lab Director John Fitzpatrick delivers his keynote on how birds are sensitive indicators of environmental health and what we can do to save them and the natural systems on Earth. Free Saturday workshop on decline of the Meadowlark, morning fieldtrips - plus a May 19-20 fieldtrip to Manitoba! Early bird registrants by May 3 in a drawing for free 8 x 42 Denali binocular at http://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/events/festival-of-birds.
Cleone Stewart, Detroit Lakes ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
