| Birding in North Dakota and Boreal Forest in Minnesota |
| Brief Overview of the Trip |
| Day 1: Arrival into Fargo and get to birding in area (depending upon flight times) Days 2 to 4: From Jamestown Arrowhead National Wildlife Refuge, Horsehead Lake, Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Alkaline Lake Day 5: Transfer to Minnesota Boreal Forest. Birding in Bemedji area and including Itasca State Park and key local spots. Day 6: Birding Big Bog State Recreation Area and Beltrami State Forest near Baudette, Minnesota. Owling potential at night. Day 7: Birding a number of locations towards Roseau, Minnesota, including another area of Beltrami State Forest and Lake Hays State Park. Then after arrival in Roseau, Lost River State Forest and likely Roseau Wildlife Management Area. Good owling as well. Day 8: Birding Back to Fargo including Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge or Twin Lakes Wildlife Management Area, and other local spots. Flights home that evening after 7 PM. Note: Please contact us prior to booking your flight, or you may end up paying additional lodging and transfer costs. |
| Brief Itinerary |
| Current Schedule for this Route |
| June 1 to June 8, 2012 with Michael Francis as Trip Leader and Mike Hendrickson as Bird Guide and Co-Leader. June 9 to 16, 2011 with Mike Hendrickson as Trip Leader. We will open this date if first trip sales out. To learn more about the leaders above, please click the pertaining button below. |
| Trip Description |
Birding in North Dakota
and Minnesota in the USA
and Minnesota in the USA
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker (above and including the banner photo). |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| For more information or to register for this trip, call Charles or Alison at 888-203-7464 or Charles directly at 720-320-1974 or by email at info@PIBird.com. |
| Pricing Details |
| $1,490 Trip price includes lodging for six plus days of birding and seven nights. Transport by van is included. Bird Guiding and trip planning services are included. Breakfast is included with the lodging we have booked. This price is per person and assumes a shared room (with another roommate or spouse). Above pricing assumes willing to share room with spouse or room mate. We can help fund room mates if you so desire, and otherwise single room supplement is $420 additional. Not Included in Pricing: Prices do not include flights to Fargo (currently about $250 to $400 from most parts of the United States). The price of noon and evening meals are not included. We estimate twelve to fourteen meals can be had for an average of $9 to $14. So budget another another $110 to $180. You will pay your actual costs and are free to spend more (Tips). Note: Please contact us prior to booking your flight, or you may end up paying additional lodging and transfer costs. |
| More Details on This Trip |
| This trip covers the prairie potholes habitat in North Dakota and the boreal forest in Minnesota. Numerous other habitats are visited, resulting in a productive birding trip. For most North American birders these locales have not yet been visited even though birding on this trip can result in numerous target species and an expansion of one's life list. Target species include Yellow Rail, Piping Plover, Sedge Wren, Sprague's Pipit , Baird's Sparrow, LeConte's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Black-backed Woodpecker, Ruffed Grouse, Northern Hawk Owl, Red-necked Grebe, Sandhill Cranes, Boreal Chickadee, Great Gray Owl, Spruce Grouse. Boreal Owl, Three-toed Woodpecker, Boreal Chickadee, Alder Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Pine Grosbeak. We hope to see as many as 20 species of nesting warblers, including Connecticut Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Pine Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Palm Warbler, Canada Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Golden-winged Warbler. Other excellent species include Sharp-tailed Grouse, Upland Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Short-eared Owl, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Broad-winged Hawk, Evening Grosbeak, Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Thrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Purple Finch and more. We are offering one trip in early June, and may add a second as these trips have proved popular in the past. |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |
| Photo by Bill Schmoker |