There have been no MBWs since the 1990s to the

lower Mississippi River valley (from Lake Pepin downstream

to Houston Co.) to view the concentrations of migrating Tundra Swans

and other waterfowl (especially Common Mergansers),

gulls, Bald Eagles, and other late fall migrants.


Since there are no digital copies of any MBW summaries

from these early years, the best I can do is to show a photo

of a hard copy of a summary (this one of the 1988 MBW).


I decided to resurrect this MBW in 2025 since this is our 40th

and final season – and because this MBW was among those we did

in 1986, the first year of Minnesota Birding Weekends.       


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