BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160604T123000Z DTEND:20160604T150000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Take Fight! Spotting Spring Birds DESCRIPTION:May and early June are exciting months for birding the forests and lakes around the Mississippi Headwaters. Discover the songs and sights of Minnesota's spring migratory birds! Join birder and instructor Ron Miller MD for a birding walk in Itasca State Park to discover recent arrived breeding birds as well as species passing through on their northward migration. Are you new to birding? Don't worry birders of all levels are welcome this program is designed to improve birding knowledge\, create field skills through song recognition and have fun watching birds outdoors. Ron\, an avid fly fisherman\, began birding waiting for the trout to rise and has taught indoor birdwatching classes to beginning and experienced birders for the past several years. Bring your own binoculars and guidebook\, or borrow ones we have here (limited numbers are available). Join us and explore local birding hotspots in the park on a beautiful late spring morning. A perfect way to start your day!\n\nWHAT TO BRING: Bring binoculars and bird field guide books. Itasca State Park has some binoculars to lend. Wear comfortable shoes for walking and appropriate layers for the temperatures. Insect repellant and a hat are useful. Bring snack and water if you need it for this short outing. You will need a vehicle if we travel to the Headwaters area. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

May and early June are exciting months for birding the forests and lakes around the Mississippi Headwaters. Discover the songs and sights of Minnesota&rsquo\;s spring migratory birds! Join birder and instructor Ron Miller MD for a birding walk in Itasca State Park to discover recent arrived breeding birds as well as species passing through on their northward migration. Are you new to birding? Don&rsquo\;t worry birders of all levels are welcome &ndash\; this program is designed to improve birding knowledge\, create field skills through song recognition and have fun watching birds outdoors. Ron\, an avid fly fisherman\, began birding waiting for the trout to rise and has taught indoor birdwatching classes to beginning and experienced birders for the past several years. Bring your own binoculars and guidebook\, or borrow ones we have here (limited numbers are available). Join us and explore local birding hotspots in the park on a beautiful late spring morning. A perfect way to start your day!
\nWHAT TO BRING: Bring binoculars and bird field guide books. Itasca State Park has some binoculars to lend. Wear comfortable shoes for walking and appropriate layers for the temperatures. Insect repellant and a hat are useful. \; Bring snack and water if you need it for this short outing. You will need a vehicle if we travel to the Headwaters area.

\n LOCATION:Meet inside the lobby of Douglas Lodge. UID:e.91.13345 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T200752Z URL:https://business.parkrapids.com/events/details/take-fight-spotting-spring-birds-06-04-2016-13345 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR