Date: 4/15/24 1:42 pm From: Susan Barnes Elliott <honeywarbler...> Subject: [mou-net] CNC’s Hastings Area Earth Day Birding Festival and Youth Birding Competition is this coming weekend!
Looking for birding adventures this weekend? Check out the MOU sponsored Carpenter Nature Center’s Birding Festival and Youth Birding Competition!
Saturday, April 20
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Carpenter Nature Center - Minnesota Campus
Join fellow bird enthusiasts for a day of bird banding demonstrations, guided birding field trips, a kids “Build-a-Bird Feeder” workshop, live raptor presentations, and more. Keynote speaker will be Patty Mueller from Tropical Wings, presenting “There are No Borders Beneath Their Wings”.
Field trips include:
Learning to Bird with Accessibility - at Carpenter Nature Center
Get to Know the Prescott Area Birding Locations - at Pt. Douglas / Freedom Park
Exploring the Largest North American Flyway - at Mississippi River Flats
Early Spring Songbird Migrants - at Afton State Park
Waterfowl & Shorebirds - at Lake Byllesby/GWIP
St. Croix Valley Gem w/ Prairie & Forest Birds - at CNC Wisconsin Campus
Natural Wetland Migrant Stopover - 180th Street Marsh
Event fee: $5 per person or $15 with boxed lunch (advanced registration by April 17 required for a boxed lunch).
Youth Birding Competition details are on Carpenter Nature Center’s website!
