Thirty Years of Birding with Loess Hills Audubon. What Birding and Loess Hills Audubon has meant to me.

I joined LHAS around 1990 and thanks to birds and LHAS members, have enjoyed 30 plus years of learning, exploring, fellowship, growing, and contributing to projects that I could never have dreamed of.

Tonight’s topics will include memories of a non-birder and what non-birders probably don’t know, learning bird names, first memories with LHAS, learning and serving, food-fellowship-humor, what’s in all those records compiled over the years, what I would have missed, a few spiritual encounters with birds, and a bird poem to close with.

With Loess Hills Audubon: Vice-president 2 years—President 2 years—Outings leader 15 years—Managed Website for 10 plus years—Director 3 years--Compiled Newsletter for few years--Compiler of various records for LHAS for 20 years including Outings, Programs, Accomplishments, Bird species found in various Wildlife areas including the Owego Wetland Complex and Loess Hills State Forest. If you have an interest in birds, LHAS might be the place for you too!

 Pre-Bird Bio: Born in Sac County, Iowa—Grew up with parents and 3 brothers on small farms in Sac and Dickinson counties in Iowa--Graduated Terril High School—Graduated Morningside College (Attended on a Football Scholarship)—20 years at Postal Finance Co. in Sioux City in accounting and computer programming—17 years Western Iowa Tech instructor computer programming—was a non-birder for almost 50 years.

 Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Jerry’s presentation to begin at 7:00 PM