Máistir Nádúraí: Midwest Birding Symposium

7.12.2005

Midwest Birding Symposium - 2005

It’s time to Register for the Midwest Birding Symposium!

The Quad Cities is looking forward to hosting the 2005 Midwest Birding Symposium on October 13-16th. The headquarters for the 2005 Midwest Birding Symposium is the River Center in downtown Davenport, Iowa. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend sessions on raptors & river ecology with nationally-recognized speakers; walk through the trade show with all kinds of birding merchandise, such as binoculars, books and feeders; enjoy guided birding field trips, exhibits, family programs, and silent auction; and a cruise on the Mississippi River on the Celebrations Belle riverboat.

Famed digiscoper Kent Nickell of Greenbackedheron.com is presenting a digiscoping workshop but space is limited so sign up soon!

Link: Quad Cities MWBS Main Website (registration information)

Link: MWBS Field Trips

Link: MWBS Presentation Schedule

Eagle Optics is a proud sponsor of the 2005/2007 Midwest Birding Symposium.

Bio:

Mike McDowell has been documenting southern Wisconsin’s flora and fauna since 1987 and began leading field trips in 2002. Prolific at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, other highlighted natural areas include Pope Farm Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve, and the Baraboo Hills. His nature photography has appeared in various publications, newspapers, magazines and was even featured on a Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate, a Capital Brewery beer label, and a National Geographic publication. He began journaling nature observations on this blog in 2005. He's the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their local communities or state to promote the field of ornithology. He was a finalist in Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year photography contest several times. His other interests include insect macro-photography (especially tiger beetles, treehoppers, and robber flies), fossil collecting, amateur astronomy, botany, natural history, and marksmanship with long-range firearms. Once a gigging musician, collecting Fender Stratocasters is a recently revived interest—most prized being a 1957 Vintage Custom 'Mary Kaye' White Blonde. A former IT Professional, he's spent the last 24 years employed in the sport optics industry and has more binoculars than you.