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;VALUE=DATE:20190515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190519 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Festival of Birds DESCRIPTION:May 15-18\, 2019 featuring Lyanda Haupt\, Al Batt and Carrol Henderson\n\nYou don't want to waste any time in birders' paradise - Detroit Lakes\, Minnesota. More than 275 species of birds are found in Becker County. Why? Because the Detroit Lakes area is in the heart of a transition zone of tall grass prairie\, northern hardwood and conifer forest ecosystems. Serious birders flock here each spring for the annual Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds.\n\n\n\nThe 22nd annual Festival of Birds will be held May 15-18\, 2019 featuring humorist and story teller Al Batt\, Carrol Henderson's recounting of the Peregrine Falcon restoration and Lyanda Haupt reveals the connections between humans and the wild\, natural world through her latest book Mozart's Starling. Back for the second year\, the Thursday evening social with birding by pontoon on Detroit Lake. See the 2019 program with schedule of events and register online.\n\n2019 Schedule:\n\nWednesday\, May 15: \n\nRegistration at Chamber of Commerce \n\n"The Return of the Peregrine Falcon" by Carrol Henderson at Maplelag Resort\n\nThursday\, May 16:\n\nHotspot maps to bird on your own\; Registration at Chamber Office\n\n10 am-2 pm: Bus tour to Becker Pet\, lunch at Hub 41\, Forest Edge Gallery\n\n4:30-7 pm: Social at Hub 41\, Birding by Pontoon at City Beach\n\nFriday\, May 17:\n\nFieldtrips to North Ottawa Impoundment and Tamarac/Hamden Slough Refuges\n\n"Birds Help us Tell our Stories" by Al Batt at Detroit Country Club\n\nSaturday\, May 18:\n\nFieldtrips to Blue Stem Prairie/Buffalo River State Park and Agassiz Refuge\n\nBazaar\, exhibitors\, book signing at M State College\n\n"Mozart's Starling" by Lyanda Haupt at M State College\n\nRegister online\n\nFestival attendees throughout the years have learned much about birds\, wildlife and the environment through presenters such as John Fitzpatrick\, John Marzluff\, Joel Greenberg\, Melissa Groo\, Rosalind Renfrew\, Sue Leaf\, Drew Wheelan\, Charlie Walcott\, Richard Crossley\, Scott Wiedensaul\, David Sibley\, Bill Thompson III\, Laura Erickson\, Don and Lillian Stokes\, Kenn Kaufmann\, Dr. Paul Johnsgard\, Stan Tekiela\, Dr. James Grier\, Sharon Stiteler\, Al Batt\, Jeff Gordon\, Joe Hautman\, Jeb Barzen\, Ernesto Reyes and Noah Strycker. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

May 15-18\, 2019 featuring Lyanda Haupt\, Al Batt and Carrol Henderson

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You don'\;t want to waste any time in birders'\; paradise - Detroit Lakes\, Minnesota. More than 275 species of birds \;are found \;in Becker County. Why? Because the Detroit Lakes area is in the heart of a transition zone of tall grass prairie\, northern hardwood and conifer forest \;ecosystems. Serious birders flock here each spring for the annual Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds.
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\nThe 22nd annual Festival of Birds will be held May 15-18\, 2019 featuring \;humorist and story teller \;Al Batt\, \;Carrol Henderson'\;s \;recounting of the \;Peregrine Falcon restoration and \;Lyanda Haupt \;reveals the connections between humans and the wild\, natural world through her latest book \;Mozart'\;s Starling. Back for the second year\, the Thursday evening social with birding by pontoon on Detroit Lake. See the \;2019 program \;with schedule of events and \;register online.

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2019 Schedule:
\nWednesday\, May 15: \;
\nRegistration at Chamber of Commerce \;
\n"\;The Return of the Peregrine Falcon"\; by Carrol Henderson at Maplelag Resort

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Thursday\, May 16:
\nHotspot maps to bird on your own\; Registration at Chamber Office
\n10 am-2 pm: Bus tour to Becker Pet\, lunch at Hub 41\, Forest Edge Gallery
\n4:30-7 pm: Social at Hub 41\, Birding by Pontoon at City Beach

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Friday\, May 17:
\nFieldtrips to North Ottawa Impoundment and Tamarac/Hamden Slough Refuges
\n"\;Birds Help us Tell our Stories"\; by Al Batt at Detroit Country Club

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Saturday\, May 18:
\nFieldtrips to Blue Stem Prairie/Buffalo River State Park and Agassiz Refuge
\nBazaar\, exhibitors\, book signing at M State College
\n"\;Mozart'\;s Starling"\; by Lyanda Haupt at M State College

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Festival attendees throughout the years have learned much about birds\, wildlife and the environment through presenters such as John Fitzpatrick\, John Marzluff\, Joel Greenberg\, Melissa Groo\, \;Rosalind Renfrew\, Sue Leaf\, Drew Wheelan\, Charlie Walcott\, Richard Crossley\, Scott Wiedensaul\, \;David Sibley\, Bill Thompson III\, Laura Erickson\, Don and Lillian Stokes\, Kenn Kaufmann\, Dr. Paul Johnsgard\, Stan Tekiela\, Dr. James Grier\, Sharon Stiteler\, Al Batt\, Jeff Gordon\, Joe Hautman\, Jeb Barzen\, Ernesto Reyes and Noah Strycker.

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