September 2013 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - - - - -
	Minnesota Birding Weekends - Northwestern Minnesota
	If you are looking for the MBW Labor Day weekend event, it starts in August this year (see above)
	September 17 - Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip - Migration Birding
	Details are pending.  RSVP required. To RSVP and get trip details contact Sparky Stensaas at sparkystensaas@hotmail.com or 218-341-3350
	September 19-20-21-22 - Road Scholar - Fall Hawk Program
	The program will include hawk watching activities at Hawk Ridge in Duluth This is an Elderhostel / Road Scholar event coordinated by Vermilion Community College Registration and detail event schedule and information will be available soon.
	September 20-21-22 - Hawk Ridge Weekend
	Sponsored by Friends of Hawk Ridge, Duluth Friday evening includes a social, optional dinner buffet, cash bar, coffee/desserts, auction preview, "Guess-the-Number-of-Hawks Contest", annual member meeting, awards and a speaker. Both Saturday and Sunday will offer a variety of field trips and workshops at and away from the Ridge. Hawkwatching, interpretive programs, banded raptor and passerine demonstrations, optics displays, merchandise, and refreshments will be offered at the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve main overlook. Saturday evening will serve as a fundraising benefit for Hawk Ridge. The event will include a social, cash bar, dinner buffet, live & silent auction with wonderful packages, and a presentation. All activities at the Hawk Ridge main overlook (on East Skyline Parkway) are open to the public.  The other events require registration.  Space for evening events, speakers, workshops, and field trips is limited, so be sure to register early! For more details about Hawk Weekend or for online registration, visit http://www.hawkridge.org/events/hawkweekend.html.  You can also make contact by calling 218-428-6209 or e-mail to mail@hawkridge.org.

October 2013 S M T W T F S - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - -
	October tbd - Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip - Work Days for new Welcome Center
	Details are pending.  RSVP required. To RSVP and get trip details contact Sparky Stensaas at sparkystensaas@hotmail.com or 218-341-3350
	October 4 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - North Shore I
	Base in Duluth - $25 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	October 5 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - Duluth I
	Base in Duluth - $20 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	October 6 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - Duluth I
	Base in Duluth - $15 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	October 8 - Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip - Migration Birding
	Details are pending.  RSVP required. To RSVP and get trip details contact Sparky Stensaas at sparkystensaas@hotmail.com or 218-341-3350
	October 18 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - pre-trip Cottonwood County
	Base in Windom - $25 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	October 19-20 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - Jackson County
	Base in Windom - $40 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	October 18-19-20 - Grand Marais Autumn Migration Birding Festival
	Hosted by the North House Folk School, an educational nonprofit, in cooperation with the US Forest Service. Headquarters at Grand Marais with morning field trips led be highly experienced birders are at the festival’s core.  Trips explore the Lake Superior shoreline along the entire length of the Sawtooth Mountains up to the Canadian border at Grand Portage. Complementing morning field trips are afternoon workshops as well as two featured evening programs. For information, check the Grand Marais Visitor Information Center web site or contact the North House Folk school at 1-888-387-9762 or by e-mail
	October 31 - Nov 1 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - North Shore of Lake Superior I
	Base in Duluth / Grand Marais - $40 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site

November 2013 S M T W T F S - - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
	November 2-3 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - North Shore of Lake Superior II
	Base in Duluth / Grand Marais - $40 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	November 23 - Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip - Winter Sneak Peak
	Details are pending.  RSVP required. To RSVP and get trip details contact Sparky Stensaas at sparkystensaas@hotmail.com or 218-341-3350
	Project FeederWatch  (runs from Nov 8th through April 3rd)
	Participants count the numbers and kinds of birds at their feeders each week and send the information to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. To learn more and to sign up, visit www.feederwatch.org or call the Lab toll-free at (800) 843-2473. In return for the $15 fee ($12 for Lab members) participants receive the FeederWatcher’s Handbook, an identification poster of the most common feeder birds in their area, a calendar, complete instructions, and the FeederWatch annual report, Winter Bird Highlights.

December 2013 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - - - -
	December 6 - MOU Board Meeting
	6:00 pm at - location to be determined Open to all Minnesota Ornithologists' Union members
	December 7 - MOU Paper Session
	Sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Bell Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Minnesota (corner of Church St & University Ave) Papers presented on various bird related topics; Displays available in the museum halls all day MOU business meeting and election of officers The MOU website has a schedule and a link to a PDF version of the registration form: http://www.moumn.org/paper.html.  If you wish to pre-register, registration forms need to be submitted by Nov 21. Contact Carl Greiner for more information
	December 13 - Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip - Christmas Bird Count Scouting
	Details are pending.  RSVP required. To RSVP and get trip details contact Sparky Stensaas at sparkystensaas@hotmail.com or 218-341-3350
	December 14th through January 5th  - Christmas Bird Counts  (same dates every year)
	Sponsored in several communities statewide Christmas Bird Count Listing   (dates, compilers, maps & typical results

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2014   Minnesota Birding Festivals,          Field Trips & Meetings

Twin Cities Audubon Chapter Field Trip Info     Minnesota River Valley Audubon     Saint Paul Audubon Society     Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

Compiled by  Bob Ekblad

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January 2014 S M T W T F S - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
	Christmas Bird Counts continuing through January 5th
	Sponsored in several communities statewide Christmas Bird Count Listing
	January (or Feb) tbd - Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip - Sleigh Ride / Snowshoe Hikes
	Details are pending.  RSVP required. To RSVP and get trip details contact Sparky Stensaas at sparkystensaas@hotmail.com or 218-341-3350
	January 4-5 - Minnesota Birding Weekends - Duluth III
	Base in Duluth - $30 Leader:  Kim Eckert See details on the MBW web site
	January 18 - Golden Eagle Survey
	Help survey the Golden Eagles in SE Minnesota (and NE Iowa and western Wisconsin) along the Mississippi River.  Join on one of the established routes in SE MN or SW WI, or if you think you have Golden Eagles wintering in your area, you are encouraged to do a route near you. If you want to participate in the count, please contact Scott Mehus at 651-565-4989 ext 101 or via e-mail ( Scott@nationaleaglecenter.org ) and he will get you a route map and data sheets and all the details

February 2014 S M T W T F S - - - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -
	Project FeederWatch  (ongoing through April 3rd)
	Participants count the numbers and kinds of birds at their feeders each week and send the information to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. To learn more and to sign up, visit www.feederwatch.org or call the Lab toll-free at (800) 843-2473. In return for the $15 fee ($12 for Lab members) participants receive the Feeder Watcher’s Handbook, an identification poster of the most common feeder birds in their area, a calendar, complete instructions, and the FeederWatch annual report, Winter Bird Highlights.
	February 14-15-16 - Sax-Zim Winter Bird Festival
	Sponsored by and headquartered out of the community of Meadowlands. There will be catered home style cooking dinner events on both Friday and Saturday nights Field trips around the Sax-Zim Bog and to Aitkin County and the Duluth Area will concentrate on finding birds like Sharp-tailed Grouse, Great Gray Owls, Northern Hawks Owls, Boreal Chickadees, Black-backed & Northern Three-toed Woodpeckers, Gray Jays, Common & Hoary Redpolls, White-winged & Red Crossbills, and Pine & Evening Grosbeaks. Speakers at the evening events will be Sandy Komito (of big year fame) and Scott Mehus from the National Eagle Center. For a registration form and additional information check out the Sax-Zim Bog website
	February 14-15-16-17 - Great Backyard Bird Count
	Joint project of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, with partner Bird Studies Canada.  It is also sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited. Held right in your own back yard (or any place in the world you happen to be).