Spring Birding Day

Saturday May 10
5:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
or 8:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

Meet in Room 269 in the Peter Engel Science Center (follow the signs)
Directions to Saint John’s Arboretum

Preregistration preferred, but not necessary: call 320-363-3163 or e-mail arboretum@csbsju.edu.

Cost is $12 for Arboretum members; $16 for nonmembers. Meals are included. 

Binoculars are available if needed.  Dress for the weather – we go rain or shine!

Photo by Liam Cofell-Dwyer
2007 Arboretum Photo Contest Best In Show

Spend a morning hiking through an "Important Bird Area" during peak migration!  You will be led by one of our expert guides in a small group.   We stay on the 2,740 acres of Saint John’s Arboretum and do all our birding by walking.  We have seen 100+ species in past years.

Early risers will be stunned by the abundance of birds active early in the day, while latecomers can join either the second birding walk or botany professor Steve Saupe's "Botany and wildflower” walk. 

5:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. – Birding in small groups (e.g. Boardwalk-wetlands; Deep woods –Cerulean)

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast – Room 269 – Peter Engel Science Center

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Birding in small groups

Or   - Wildflower / Botany walk with Botany Professor Steve Saupe

Or – Based on past requests, one small group will visit the Arboretum Plant sale for 1 hour and then go back to birding. 

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  – All you can eat luncheon at the Saint John’s Refectory and group review of the birds seen.  We will also celebrate the recent distinction of Saint John's Arboretum and the surrounding Avon Hills area as being named an "Important Bird Area" by the MN Audubon Society.

To view a list of bird species that have been spotted at Saint John's, click here.

This year’s volunteer birding guides are:

Milton Blomberg
Phil Chu
Herb Dingmann
Bob Ellenbecker
Ron Erpelding   
Brian Jungels
Bob Russell 
Marcus Webster