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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>(This post is not about Minnesota birds, but it is for Minnesota birders; approved by administrator Paul Schumacher.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>We have started a series of local gatherings for people interested in birding in other countries. Our third meeting will be October 11, with a presentation by </span>Sharon Stiteler on birding in Cuba, details below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each session features a particular trip, with a speaker presenting photos and other information, but will also include some discussion of the planning and logistics of doing a foreign birding trip... and there will be time for chatting and eating and drinking as in the Birds & Beers gatherings. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anybody interested is welcome, it’s not like there is an entrance requirement! But it may not be worthwhile to you if, though you might enjoy looking at bird photos, you are not also interested in how to do birding trips in other countries.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This event is at a “community space”; it is not a restaurant or bar, so this is a BYO event. Feel free to bring food and beverages from home or, if you want to buy food, a good café across the street and can prepare food to go. There’s only room for a couple of dozen so we will ask you to get a free ‘ticket” online from EventBrite at <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/GlobalBirding3">http://www.tinyurl.com/GlobalBirding3</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Greenfield<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Minneapolis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DATE & TIME<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wednesday, October 11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LOCATION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Uptown Plumbing Community Space<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3554 Bryant Ave S <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Minneapolis, MN 55408<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC","serif"'>Stephen Greenfield<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Minneapolis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tapaculo47@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>tapaculo47@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>