With permission from the MOU I would like to invite you to celebrate the arrival of spring by participating in the forth annual *HASTINGS AREA BIRDING Festival *Saturday, APRIL 23, 2016. The Hastings Environmental Protectors have teamed up with the City of Hastings & CNC to host the Birding Festival. Some of the highlights are: *Youth Big Day Birding Competition, Youth Big Day Competition*, classes on “Introduction to Birding”, “Raptors 101” and “how to keep your bird list”, bird banding demonstrations and *guided field trips in the Hastings area*.
Participate in this all day event with a donation of only $5 per person. More information available at: http://carpenternaturecenter.org/earth-day-birding-festival/ Advance registration is preferred & can be done by calling Carpenter Nature Center 651-437-4359. KEVIN D. SMITH Dakota County -- KEVIN D. SMITH ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

