Audubon Speaker

Tonight Kim Eckert spoke at the local Audubon meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church up the hill from my house. He has the fifth edition of his book. The first edition was written in 1975. He had to change a lot of directions because roads change frequently. He is a self deprecating speaker who advised us to find out own birding spots. In the southern part of the state where corn and soybeans grow he suggests taking crooked roads where you will find a lake or a wooded creek. In the northeastern part of the state he suggests taking straight roads that probably go through a bog where you can find black backed woodpeckers or great gray owls. He pokes fun at some counties and he pokes fun at people who list birds in each county. I didn't realize he studied at St. John's University and taught English at the high school in Ashby. He strongly suggests that one can have fun even if they don't see any birds on a birding trip.