This coming weekend's IOU spring meeting in Iowa City is more like a
birding festival. The $20 registration fee gets you:
Access to the Univ. of Iowa Natural History Museum, maps of the area, food
at the social.
Eleven hours of birding in the field with top notch guides in some of
Iowa's best birding areas.
Lots of door prizes
Chance to find a bargain at the silent auction. (Saturday only)
Educational sessions:
Annotated References to Iowa Birds Prior to 1900 - Tom Kent
Working With Beginners, It's Easier Than You Think - panel with Rick
Hollis, Doug Harr, Lee Schoenewe, Carl Bendorf, Alvaro Jaramillo
- on teaching birding.
American Journey - an exploration of the American continent through a
look at the blackbird - oriole family - Alvaro Jaramillo - he co-authored
an extensive book on the subject.
Chimney Swifts: The Mysterious Bird of the Fireplace -Ron Windingstad
- exciting things happening in Minnesota with Chimney Swift towers
BBA update - Shane Patterson - as we enter the 5th and last year of
the survey, what are we learning and what still needs to be accomplished?
Iowa Young Birders - Carl Bendorf - a new organization targeting youth
involvement in birding
Birding Outside the Box - How To Bird Like a Pro - Alvaro Jaramillo -
our keynote talk after the banquet - a lighthearted but informative
explanation of how the heck the pros do it, and how our brain identifies
birds.
Huge breakfasts, high quality box lunches, buffet banquet meal and lodging
are extra. Meal numbers are due May 16th.
Registering is easy on line at www.iowabirds.org. Click on "next meeting"
and fill in the blanks.
Hope to see you there. The collective birding knowledge at these IOU
events is amazing.
Tom Schilke - Waterloo, 319-232-8199
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