2025 Bird Survey

Join us Saturday, May 10, for the Lake Links Trail Bird 2025 Survey!

Following on from the successful 2024 bird survey (46 different species!), the Lake Links Association is doing a bird survey Saturday, May 10, and needs your help documenting birds along the trail to help enrich the experience for all.

We need eight volunteers to assist. No special skills are required, since we’ll be using the amazing free Merlin app. This would be an ideal nature outing for a parent or grandparent and kid team.

When: Saturday May 10, 6:45 am to 7:15 am In case of rain/ high winds we will delay to Sunday, May 11 at 6:45 am.

What: a 3-minute bird call survey using the free Merlin smartphone app, followed by 5 minutes of observation and note-taking, followed by a second 3-minute bird call survey and 5 minutes of observation and note-taking.

Where: 10 assigned locations around the 10-mile Lake Links Trail circling White Bear Lake. (Each person/team will be assigned a location.)

Training: There will be a short training session on Monday, May 5, 6:30 pm, at 24 Bertha Court in Mahtomedi on how to use the Merlin app and the observations log sheet we’ll provide. If you can’t make it Monday, we can arrange another time if need be.

After party:  We will gather to compare notes at the Wild Bean coffee shop in Mahtomedi.  Lake Links will provide baked goods to volunteers. We should be done by 7:45 am.

For more information or to join the fun, please email lakelinksmn@gmail.com

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