Contact:

Tom Knisely

Media Relations Specialist

763/694-7617

tknisely@threeriversparkdistrict.org

BIRD BANDING

LOWRY NATURE CENTER

Close encounters with wild birds! Join us on Saturday, January 18, from 9 a.m. noon, at Lowry Nature Center, in Carver Park Reserve, Victoria, and see wild songbirds up close as they are safely trapped, studied and tagged with numbered rings. Learn how to identify birds in the hand. You may even get a chance to hear a birds heartbeat and help release the bird. Drop in anytime.

This program is free and open to all ages.

http://www.threeriversparks.org/events/B/bird-banding.aspx

About Three Rivers Park District

Three Rivers Park District is a natural resources-based park system that manages park reserves, regional parks, regional trails and special-use facilities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Park District offers facilities for every season, including picnicking, swimming, creative play, boating, fishing, downhill skiing,

snowboarding, golf, camping and sledding; extensive trails for hiking, biking, in-line skating, horseback riding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, as well as program sites for nature, recreation, historic and farm education.

Three Rivers Park Districts mission is to promote environmental stewardship through recreation and education in a natural resources-based park system. The Park District owns and operates more than 27,000 acres and serves more than 9.5 million visitors a year.

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