<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">On April 27th The 44th annual Salt Lake Birding Weekend will take place in the western Minnesota counties of Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine and Big Stone. This event is free and open to all who are interested, no pre-registration is needed. This is a great family event and appropriate for birders at all levels of experience. Meet on Saturday, April 27 at 7 AM at the Marietta American Legion to join guided car caravans for tours of the best birding areas.</span><div style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We will be seeing the end of the waterfowl migration and the start of the shorebird migration. Every year interesting birds can show up such as Says’s Phoebe, White-faced Ibis, Prairie Falcon or Snowy Egret.</div><div style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Information about lodging or camping is available on the MOU website at <font face="-webkit-standard" class=""><a href="https://moumn.org/saltlake/" class="">https://moumn.org/saltlake/</a></font> or contact Ken Larson at <a href="mailto:prairiemarshfarm@comcast.net" class="">prairiemarshfarm@comcast.net</a> or 612-210-8486. There is one change to note, reservations for the Saturday evening dinner in Madison should be sent to Camey Maland by email at <font face="-webkit-standard" class=""><a href="mailto:oelmal@farmerstel.net" class="">oelmal@farmerstel.net</a></font> .</div></body></html>