Starting in March 1986 in Nobles County, MBWs eventually compiled a list of 371 species within Minnesota, involing a total of more than 9,000 registrations, until our 500th and final MBWeekend in November 2025 along the lower Mississippi River. During these years, there were also more than 130 out-of-state Minnesota Birding Weeks during which 15 states and 7 Canadian provinces were visited, and more than 740 species were listed – from January 1988 until our final MBWeek in April 2024.
To mark this End of an Era, nearly 100 of us met in Duluth in January 2026 to reminisce about these 40 years during two dinners and informal presentations with photos and memories presented from the assembled MBWers, along with field trip in the Duluth area.
~ APRIL 7, 2026 ~
(previous update March 8)
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MBWbirds.com
40th Minnesota Birding Weekends Reunion
Duluth, Minn. ~ January 9-10-11, 2026
• A Birder’s Guide to Minnesota UPDATES •
The most recent set of additions to these updates was on
APRIL 3, with more installments to come later in 2026.
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For the most recent updates and additional information on the
new 5th edition and its 2nd printing of A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO
MINNESOTA, see: mbwbirds.com/abgtm.html. (The fifth edition
was published in November 2022, along with a second printing
with minor changes in May 2023.) These UPDATES are a work in
progress with their corrections & additions providing the most
up-to-date information available.