November 21, 2005
Birders of the Symposium
In addition to the birds, the Central Valley Birding Symposium serves a great social function, allowing birders from across the state (and beyond) to meet up and talk birds for a whole weekend. Don Roberson gave an entertaining talk about the birders of the last century who shaped the modern California birding scene. Here are a few pictures of California birders who have been part of my birding experience here - many of them, I'm sure, will go on to shape the face of birding in the 21st century.
The Young Guns (L-R): me, Oscar Johnson, Ryan Terrill, Leigh Johnson, Cliff Hawley, Daryl Coldren, David Vander Pluym, Brett Tryon, Matt Brady.
Yolo birders: Karen Hochgraf, Sami LaRocca, Joan Humphrey, me. Sami and I are proudly displaying our certificates for the Central Valley Big Year.
More pictures after the jump:
Grete Adamson, Joan Humphrey, Roger Adamson: many a rare Yolo county bird have I chased with these folk.
The Symposium committee: David Yee, Frances Oliver, Kurt Mize, Cheri Pilsbury, techno-wizard lady whose name I forget, Sue Yee.
Astonishingly, Sami wins a wonderful Keith Hansen print in the raffle - of the T-shirt she's wearing!
For some reason, I have many pictures of young birders posing on cars. Here we have Ryan, David and Oscar.
Matt Brady (or is it Orlando Bloom?).
Daryl and David stare moodily into the sunset.
David unwisely takes on the mighty Cliff Hawley.
Some more photos from the Symposium, taken by Jim Gain, can be seen here
Posted by rjhall at November 21, 2005 8:20 PM