OOS Conference at Shawnee
Who would guess that 250 of your favorite birders, crazy trip leaders, wine and song on the hotel porch and 6 hour nights would add up to an incredibly good time?   The OOS convention had all this and more.  Great speakers, Phil Hoose and Kenn Kaufman, and the worlds most irreverant MC: Bill Thompson III.  Thanks for everybody putting up with my bizzare sense of humor (what choice did you have?) and lack of birding skills.   Can't wait for '07!
Birding 101-  Getting cozy with my favorite    birders :)       13  LIFE BIRDS!
    Say "AH!"   Looking into the throat of Asarum   canadense, Wild Ginger flower.  Yes, pictures  like  
this earned me the nick-name "Weed-picker."
Bill Thompson and Jim McCormac-A couple of Birders "outstanding in their field."  (That pun is almost bad enough for McCormac to use...)
Searching for Mr. Green Guy. The Salamader group had great finds with this sighting of the endangered Green Salamander, so called, because it is-   Green?
Scott Albaugh (with crawdad) and Mark, our fantastic local  TNC guide at Abner's Hollow.
Greg Lipps and others drying out from the rain shower and bonding on the bus over homade cookies .
Bird Chicks-  Karen Menard and me .
Kenn and Kim Kaufman post-picnic with my buddy Jen Sauter.
(Does she look totally relieved?)
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Picnic Crowd-     Hugh and Judy Kolo-Rose, Bill Thompson 3,  Peter King, ..?.., Julie Zick  and Sheila
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