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FBR Party Monday Night! (2011)

Dec. 2011

This is a reminder of the holiday party Monday night. The evening will start at 6  p.m. with social time and the video showing will begin at 7 p.m. The videos will be America's Rivers (a PBS production) and the Rim to Rim Hike taped and produced by Steve Firkins. Admission is $10 per person, which covers the cost of the movie showing, pizza and other refreshments, and can be paid at the door. There is still room for those who have not already RSVPed.

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Snowy Owls in the Black River Region (4/2011)

Okay all you Harry Potter fans, here's your chance to see Snowy Owls. The past few weeks has found hundreds (probably thousands) of snowy owls heading south from the Arctic region into southern Canada and the northern half of the United States. Especially in Wisconsin and Minnesota large numbers of birds have been spotted.
In the La Crosse, WI area there have been upwards of 4 seen at the local airport. Airports tend to attract snowy owls, not because they want to catch a flight south, but probably because it reminds them of "home"--nice, flat, shortly-cut grassy areas with good visibility.
For more information on this latest irruption, ebird has a pretty good article on this as well as a distribution map

ebird
Also be sure to check on your area's birding list(s) for up-to-the-minute information. New sitings are being reported all the time:
birdingonthenet

Friends of the Black River Annual Slideshow (10/11)

If you missed the meeting Wednesday night you can still view the annual Friends of the River Slideshow on YouTube! Here's the link.

Visit Facebook and share your Black River experiences

We are now on facebook! This can be a wonderful way for folks to share their river experiences and give updates on how different parts of the river are looking.

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