Show and Tell and Holiday Party. Potluck. Bring a dish and your service, along with pictures and artifacts of your birding and travel experiences this last year.

March 1, 2010 -Dave Novak will be talking about prairie restoration

April 5, 2010

Breeding Bird Atlas II

Billy Reiter-Marolf will present on the second breeding bird atlas of the state.

April 12, 2010 Connections Program

Dr. John Francis, Ph.D. Will be presenting in the Chapel of Mercy at Mount Mercy College at 7PM

John Francis, Ph.D., is known the world over as the Planetwalker. In 1971, Dr. Francis witnessed an oil spill in San Francisco Bay. The effects of the spill compelled him to stop using motorized vehicles. Several months later, to stop the arguments about the power of one person’s actions, he took a vow of silence. His non-motorized lifestyle lasted twenty two years, and his silence seventeen. During that time Dr. Francis walked across the United States earning a B.A at Southern Oregon State College, an M.S. in Environmental Studies at the University of Montana and a Ph.D. in land resources at the University of Wisconsin.
He later sailed and walked through the Caribbean and then walked the length of South America. Dr. Francis will speak on his journey, his unique perspective on environment, and how we can each make a difference in our world. He is the author of: Planetwalker. 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.

Talk Title: Redefining Environment
John Francis, Ph.D., known the world over as the Planetwalker, will discuss how the current environmental crisis is a reflection of world wide social and economic inequity and that any attempt to resolve the crisis must not only address the scientific issues, such as climate change and deforestation but also the humanitarian issues. From peace and justice to everyday civility, Dr. Francis contends that our connection to the earth as well as each other is at the heart of the environmental crisis.
Dr. Francis will reflect on his own journey into environmental awareness beginning in Philadelphia as the son of a West Indian immigrant to writing international oil spill regulations for the US Coast Guard. The climax of this journey occurred in 1971, when he witnessed an oil spill in San Francisco Bay and gave up using motorized vehicles. Several months later he
took a vow of silence and began a walking and sailing pilgrimage around the world.

May 3, 2010

Spring Migrants. Jim Durbin will present on spring migrants that will be showing up.

June 7, 2010

Potluck at 6 PM to be held at Prairiewoods which is located at the corner of Boyson Road and Robins Road in Hiawatha. Bring a dish and your table service. This meeting and potluck will be for the purpose of our members to interface and meet the staff of Prairiewoods. We are doing some joint projects.