Tales from Laura's Big Year
*by Laura Erickson <http://www.lauraerickson.com/> <http://mrvac.org/2013/05/21/sue-leaf-book-launch-events/>* *Location:* Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Visitor Center *Thursday, March 27* *7:00 pm:* Socialize with coffee and cookies *7:30 pm:* A brief MRVAC business meeting followed by the featured speaker Laura Erickson spent 2013 trying to see as many regularly occurring species, especially those of conservation interest, as she could find in the Lower 48. Traveling from Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine to Santa Cruz Island off California she found herself within 20 feet of a mountain lion, getting stuck in the snow in the Chiricahua Mountains and up close and personal with a diamondback rattlesnake. See photos of some of the great birds she saw and find out what's involved in committing to a birding big year. *Where: *Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington. Take Hwy 494 to 34th Ave. (This is the Terminal 2 exit for the airport.) Go south to American Blvd; turn left and go 2 blocks. Center will be on your right. *Public Transit: *Accessible by Hiawatha Light Rail line, The Visitor Center is a couple of blocks from the American Blvd. stop. *All MRVAC meetings are free and open to the public. Seating is limited, but it with this cold weather no problems are anticipated.* Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
