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to the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge and Agassiz Dunes and Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge. Possible sightings at Glacial Ridge include prairie chickens, bobolink, black-billed magpie, short-eared owl, sparrows and more. Sightings at Agassiz Refuge include Nelson’s sharp-tailed and swamp sparrows, ruddy duck, cape may and Canada warblers. To register for the Festival of Birds, visit www.visitdetroitlakes.com or contact the chamber at 847-9202 and have a brochure sent to you. — Pippi Mayfield
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few fieldtrips offered. The repeat sites include Hamden Slough and Tamarac national wildlife refuges. In the past, Hamden Slough birders have seen over 100 species at a time, including American bittern, Wilson’s phalarope, upland sandpiper and 20 waterfowl and 20 shorebirds species.
Sunday, May 22 A shorter day, Sunday offers two last fieldtrips, one
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Saturday, May 21 Bright and early on Saturday again, there will be a
At Tamarac, look for American woodcock, rosebreasted grosbeak 25 species of warblers, trumpeter swans and more. New this year is also a trip to Smoky Hills Forest. Located along the Lake Country Scenic Byway, the forest has many varieties of birds to offer. At M State, there will be several free events, including Birders’ Bazaar, Ducks on a Stick challenge and a silent auction. There will also be mini-workshops on the chimney swift and sandhill cranes. Saturday night will feature Drew Wheelan, speaking on the perils of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf. “It will help people understand where the birds are going and how their nesting grounds effects them,” Blackledge said. “He’ll have pictures and video of what it was actually like for the wildlife, birds, habitat” after the oil spill, Stewart added.
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sion with Eagle Optics. Find out what binoculars are best for you and your birding needs. Tom Kuenzli will also discuss new digital camera adapters. Friday night’s main speaker — hosted at The Lodge on Lake Detroit — is return speaker Carrol Henderson, who will talk about migration in Costa Rica. “The whole theme is about migration and this will highlight where birds are going in the winter,” Blackledge said. Henderson and his wife have been leading trips to Costa Rica for over 30 years, and he will talk about forest layers and the variety of food available to migrating birds. Also new this year, and free, is a chimney swift sit. Built in the 1930s, the Bergen’s Greenhouse chimney was struck by lightening in the 1970s and retired in the 1980s when Bergen’s expanded. Since then, chimney swifts have taken over nesting in the chimney, a rare task now days since chimneys are built to prevent birds and other animals from entering them. “They only come out at night, so we’ll be there to see them off,” Blackledge said.
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