Just a reminder for those of you who are looking to hone some of your bird identification skills or learn more about backyard birdwatching/habitat, and a cadre of other topics you might want to get signed up for the Midwest Birding Symposium September 11-14, 2003. There is a Packer home game on Sunday, September 14th and lodging will be at a premium for Saturday night.
The symposium schedule includes talks on birding/photography, hummingbirds, backyard habitat/bird feeding hints, optics, owls, red-headed woodpeckers, gull and raptor identification, as well as fall warbler identification and Prairie chicken conservation. In addition numerous field trips will be held and there will be a marketplace, Special Exhibits and a Silent Auction to raise funds for the Prairie Chickens, good food, and a book signing. Some very notable speakers will be there, including Don & Lillian Stokes, Kenn Kaufmann, John Acorn, Sheri Williamson, Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, Ernesto Ruelos Inzunza, Tom Schultz, Eldon Greij etc. etc. Pre- and post-symposium field trips will be held at Horicon Marsh and Necedah NWR respectively. Those wanting more information about the Symposium can go to http://www.birdersworld.com/brd/default.aspx?c=a&id=137 Also if any one is interested in a pre-symposium Conservation through Birding summit on September 11th 9 AM-4 PM Conservation Through Birding Summit you can check out. http://www.conservationthroughbirding.org/get_involved.html Ron Windingstad Madison forward by Jim Williams
