• Count categories: Stationary, Feeder, Regular, Night;  Forms must be submitted by June 15th
• Minnesota data compiled by Dave Sovereign (651-777-0379)  6479 Upper 55th, Oakdale, MN 55128

• Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge Headquarters and Visitor Center, located five miles south of McGregor on Highway 65, will be open from 7 am to 1 pm and 6 pm to 7 pm.  Check out their website for additional information.

• Everyone, from brand-new to experienced birders, is invited to take part in all or part of this free four-day event. No registration is required, so just show up at the events you wish to attend. 
• The festival features free daytime and evening bird walks, plus Saturday’s series of events at Fridley’s Springbrook Nature Center, “Birding Central” for the festival. The only event with a fee is Birding Central’s catered lunch.
• The festival wraps up on Sunday with hikes through the seldom open Arden Hills Army Training Site. All walks during the festival are led by experienced bird watchers
• The full schedule is posted on St Paul Audubon's website.

• Stay at the Two Inlets Resort near Park Rapids and participate in birding trips around the area including Itasca State Park
• Judd Brink will present a program and lead the birding trips
• For more information check their web site

• Spend a morning hiking through the woods on the grounds of the Saint John's Arboretum with birders during peak migration.  Groups are led by experienced birders and people who know the area.  Meet at the Pendulum in the New Science Center at 5:30am to 1:00pm or at 8:00am to 1:00pm.  Early risers will be stunned by the abundance of birds active early in the day.  Coffee and rolls will be served at 8:00am with lunch at 12:30pm.  Cost is $12 for Arboretum members; $16 for nonmembers. Preregistration required via phone 320-363-3163 or e-mail.
• A list of birds seen at Saint John’s in its 150 year history are posted here.
• For more information check out the web site or contact Thomas Kroll.

• Sponsored by Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center and Duluth Audubon Society with birding in the Boulder Lake Management Area.
• Sign-in and breakfast treats from 6:15-6:45am at Boulder Lake Environmental Center at 7328 Boulder Dam Road, Duluth, MN with birding from 7am to 11am.
• To pre-register (cost is $5 before May 1st and $7 after) call 218-721-3731 or you can email boulder@d.umn.edu or das@duluthaudubon.org.  Pay at sign-in.

• Tour lasts from 8:00 to 11:30 AM.  Meet at the Platte River trail kiosk at the entrance to the NWR headquarters. Led by Milt Blomberg on behalf of the "Friends of Crane Meadows".  
• MOU afternoon extension, 12:30 to 5:00 PM, visit other NWR or Little Falls birding sites. Sign up with Milton Blomberg (mjbflwrmt@msn.com)

• Tour lasts from 8:00 to 11:00 AM.  Meet at Sherburne Refuge headquarters. No registration required. Field trip leader is Al Schirmacher.

• Meet at Sherburne Refuge's Mahnomen Trail parking lot at 7:30 AM. Trip limited to 20 registrants. Field trip leader is Al Schirmacher. We will cover three trails (two hiking, one auto tour), emphasizing spring migrants/warblers (we often break 20 species), as well as resident nesters like Lark Sparrow.  Register with Al directly at pastoral@princetonfreechurch.net

• Sponsored by Friends of Hawk Ridge
• More information and forms on their web page
• Proceeds to support Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve

• Sponsored by Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Featured speaker is TBD.
  Includes workshops on a variety of topics and fieldtrips to several area birding locations such as Agassiz and Tamarac NWR, Rothsay and Bluestem Prairies.
• For additional information contact the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of commerce at 1-800-542-3992 ext 730 or contact Kelly Blackledge via email.  Online registration and other information is available at www.visitdetroitlakes.com

• Headquartered at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais on the North Shore of Lake Superior
• More than a dozen different courses and workshops are at the heart of the festival.  Courses range from 1 to 3 days in length.
• The Superior National Forest has a total of 155 species of birds that breed within its boundaries, more species than in any other national forest.
• For registration and detail event schedule and information go to the North House Folk School web site or contact them by e-mail or via phone at 1-888-387-9762

• Meet trip leader, Al Schirmacher, at Sherburne Refuge's Blue Hill Trail parking lot at 8:00 AM. No registration required. Includes both walking and driving. Enjoy Sherburne Refuge's resident, singing species. Trip will finish around noon.

• The program, "North Country Birds: Birding in the Superior National Forest" will be held at the prime time in Ely in Northern Minnesota.  It is program #2216
• For more information, including registration, check out the web site at
   http://www.roadscholar.org/n/program/summary.aspx?ID=1%2BLY%2B220&MC=#

• Doug Buri and Bob Janssen will lead a workshop based in Milbank, SD but will have most field trips into Minnesota.  The fee for this workshop is $160 which includes lunch on Saturday.
• Contact Doug Buri for registration and additional information at dougburi@tnics.com or check out their web page at www.itctel.com/buri/SHOREBIRD.

• Presentations about hummingbirds and related topics by Bob Douglas, Carrol Henderson, Don Mitchell, Mark Peterson and Ron Windingstad.  Don Mitchell will also be banding hummingbirds for several hours on both Saturday and Sunday,
• Details are posted on the festival weekend website. 
• In addition, there are several activities planned earlier in the year (from April through August) to lead into this festival.  Those activities are listed on the Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah website.
• The series of events are sponsored by Henderson Feathers and the Henderson Chamber of Commerce with cooperation from Minnesota Audubon.
• For more information contact Dolores Hagen at Henderson Feathers at dhagen@closingthegap.com or 507-248-3824

• Sponsored by Friends of Hawk Ridge, Duluth
• Friday evening includes a social and refreshments, a "Guess-the-Number-of-Hawks Contest", and a program on the birds.
• Saturday will offer a variety of field trips and seminars away from the Ridge, and hawkwatching, interpretive programs, banded hawk and passerine demonstrations, optics displays, merchandise, and refreshments at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook.
• Saturday evening offers a social and refreshments, the annual member meeting, awards, an auction, and a keynote address.
• Sunday will offer a variety of field trips and many activities at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook.
• All activities at the Hawk Ridge main overlook (on East Skyline Parkway) are open to the public.  The other events require registration.
• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• Sponsored in several communities statewide
• Christmas Bird Count Listing   (dates, compilers, maps & typical results

• 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
• You are invited to join one (or all) of the 3 seminars and field trips to be led by Scott Mehus with focus on identifying Golden Eagles. You are welcome on the field trips even if you do not plan to take part in the count. Field trip/seminars will meet at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha MN (see info above in calendar or see their web site at nationaleaglecenter.org for more information).

• 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.

• 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.  There will also be a Friday night "Great Gray Owl Dusk Search".
• For a registration form and additional information check out the Sax-Zim Bog website

• Sponsored by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society with support from Wild Birds Unlimited
• Held right in your own back yard (or any place you happen to be).
• Enter your bird count checklists online at http://www.birdcount.org.  Click on the big “Enter your Checklists” button at the top of the page.
• Check out the GBBC blog at http://www.birdcount.org/blog, run by Audubon’s Senior Scientist, Rob Fergus

Twin Cities Audubon Chapter Field Trip Information
  Minnesota River Valley Audubon - Chris Hills @ CHills@frontiernet.net
  Saint Paul Audubon Society - Chase Davies @ fieldtrips@saintpaulaudubon.org
  Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis - Susan Tertell @ stertell@gmail.com