*Good morning all,* *Discounts on three of the hotels we have blocked out end this Week* *AmericInn TODAY August 28th* *Rumorz Friday August 31st* *Quality Inn and Suite Saturday September 1st*
*We have **reached 44 registrants with is not bad a month ahead. 3 from out of state! Make sure to get in on the discounts for accommodations* Keynote Speaker - *Noah Stryker He wil be with us from Friday afternoon until Sunday noon.* *You've got to meet this guy!!* Noah Strycker is Associate Editor of Birding magazine, the author of four well-regarded books about birds, and a regular contributor of photography and articles to all major bird magazines as well as other media. Strycker set a world Big Year record in 2015, and his 2017 book, Birding Without Borders, relates the experience. His other books are Among Penguins (Oregon State University Press, 2011), The Thing with Feathers (Riverhead Books, 2014), and Birds of the Photo Ark (National Geographic, 2018). Strycker has studied birds on six continents with field seasons in Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Australia, Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands, and the Farallon Islands. He also works as a naturalist guide on expedition cruises to Antarctica and Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, literally spreading the inspiration of birds from pole to pole. Strycker is a competitive tennis player, has run five marathons, and hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. He is based in Oregon, where his backyard has hosted more than 100 species of birds. Visit his website at: www.noahstrycker.com *Register at: https://iowabirds.org/IOU/NextMeeting.aspx <https://iowabirds.org/IOU/NextMeeting.aspx>* Any questions at all please call me: 712-301-2817 or email: [email protected] Have a great week. God Bless *Paul O. Roisen* *Woodbury County, IA* *Mobile 712-301-2817* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

