*Greg Hoch – Minnesota DNR* *The Greater Prairie Chicken*
October 26, 2016 – 7:30 pm For ten months of the year, the Greater Prairie Chicken's drab colors allow it to disappear into the landscape, however, in April and May this grouse is one of the most outrageously flamboyant birds in North America. Competing with each other for the attention of females, males gather before dawn in an explosion of visual and audio displays - "booming from the mists of nowhere" as Aldo Leopold wrote decades ago. There is nothing else like it, and it came perilously close to being lost. Greg Hoch shows that we can ensure that this iconic bird flourishes once again. He wrote the definitive book on the Prairie Chicken, "Booming from the Mists of Nowhere", which he will have available at the meeting. ---------------------------------------------------------- *When: * Please join us on October 26th from *7:00-7:30 pm *to socialize over cookies. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at *7:30 pm*. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. *Where:* Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3801 American Blvd E, Bloomington. Accessible by Hiawatha Light Rail line, get off at the American Blvd. stop. Driving, take Hwy 494 to 34th Ave – go south to American Blvd; turn left, go 2 blocks. Use the staff entrance in the middle of the building. *MRVAC meetings are free and open to the public.* 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
