Reminder that Dues are Due
As of last count, there are 50+ members that have not sent in their
renewals. With the switch to
four newletters a year, there will be fewer opportunities to remind
everyone that memberships
should be paid at the beginning of each calendar year (January).
If you haven't renewed your
membership yet, please do so.
NOU Member Directory
We will be sending out a new NOU directory of members in the next few
months (one more reason to
send in the dues). If your contact information has changed recently,
please get the changes in
as soon as possible.
Upcoming Events
2006 Spring Conference May 19-21 Ponca State Park
2006 Fall Conference (southeast Nebraska) TBA
2007 Spring Conference (North Platte) TBA
2005 Nebraska County Lists
The 2005 Nebraska County Lists are included here. If you have questions about them, please contact Mark Brogie whose contact information can be found on the back page of this newsletter.
Election Information
Elections will occur at the general meeting during the Spring Conference
at Ponca State Park. Currently
the nominating committee has the following slate of candidates:
President, Dave Heidt; Vice President,
Urban Lehner; Secretary, Kevin Poague; Treasurer, Betty
Grenon; Librarian, Mary Lou Prichard; NBR
Editor, Janis Paseka; Director, Steve Lamphere. Anyone
wanting to run for a position can contact a
member of the nominating committee (Helen Hughson or Don Paseka).
2006 Spring Conference Information
The spring meeting will be held at Ponca State Park
May 19-21
I hope everyone will be able to attend the spring conference.
For those of you who have not been to
Ponce State Park, it has some great scenery and (if we hit the migration
right) should have some great
birding. If you happened to glance at the county totals for Dixon
County, you will notice that three
of the top four totals in Dixon County are by our field trip leaders
(Jan Johnson, Bill Huser, and
Mark A. Brogie), so you will hit a few spots that you might not get
to on your own.
The Friday night presentation (not your average vacation slides--not
your average vacation either)
and Saturday night presentations look to be fun and entertaining--want
more details, check out the
schedule of events below.
Area Lodging:
Trails Inn Motel in Ponca: all 16 rooms are being held for us
until May 5. Say you are with the
NOU when you call to make a reservation. (402)755-2237
Motels in South Sioux City:
Best Value Inn (402)494-4114 or (888)315-2378
Econo Lodge (402)494-8874 or (866)494-8874
Marina Inn (402)494-4000 or (800)798-7980
Park Plaza Motel (402)494-2021
Regency Inn (402)494-3046
Motels in Vermillion, South Dakota:
Budget Host Inn (605)624-2601
Comfort Inn (605)624-8333
Coyote Motel (605)624-2616
Super 8 Motel (605)624-8005
Schedule of Events
Friday, May 19th
4:30 pm Registration
6:00 pm Dinner-Ham; potatoes
au gratin; green beans; green salad; lemonade; iced tea; coffee.
6:45 pm Birding the Galapagos
Islands - Dr. Paul Johnsgard, Dr. Josef Kren, Linda Brown and
Allison Johnson
8:00 pm Board of
Directors meeting
Saturday, May 20th
6:00 am Breakfast--pick
up sack lunch at this time
Breakfast-Scrambled eggs; hash brown casserole; biscuits with sausage gravy;
sausage links;
fresh fruit salad; cinnamon rolls; milk; orange juice; coffee.
Box Lunch-Turkey, ham, and beef croissant sandwich; salad; apple; cookies;
bottled water.
7:00 am Field trips leave
Bill Huser--Ponca State Park and Dixon County
Jan Johnson--Dixon County including Buckskin Hills WMA
Mark Brogie (am only)--Ponca State Park
6:00 pm Dinner--Roast beef;
baked potato; corn; green salad; cherry cheesecake
7:00 pm Annual Business
Meeting and Election of Officers
7:30 pm Bird Hybridization
in Nebraska--Ross Silcock
Sunday, May 21st
6:00 am Breakfast-Scrambled
eggs; hash brown casserole; biscuits with sausage gravy; sausage
links; fresh fruit salad; cinnamon rolls; milk; orange juice; coffee.
7:00 am Field trips leave
12:00 pm Lunch - 2-piece
fried chicken; baked beans; potatoe salad; green salad.
12:30 pm Weekend Tally
Registration for 2006 Spring Meeting at Ponca State Park
Meals Price No. of Persons Cost
Friday Dinner $7.00 x _____________ = _______________
Saturday Breakfast $6.50 x _____________ = _______________
Saturday Sack Lunch $6.00 x _____________ = _______________
Saturday Dinner $7.50 x _____________ = _______________
Sunday Breakfast $6.50 x _____________ = _______________
Sunday Lunch
$6.00 x _____________ =
_______________
Registration fee
$8.00
x ______________ = _______________
Total Enclosed with this Form
$______________
PLEASE INDICATE ANY SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS __________________________________
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Address_____________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip_______________________________________________________________
Phone number _________________________e-mail _______________________________
Make checks payable to NOU and mail with this form before April 21 to:
Betty Grenon, Treasurer
1409 Childs Road East
Bellevue, NE 68005
For those of you who haven't revewed your memberships yet, here's
your chance. Please enter my
membership in the category checked below:
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Make checks payable to Nebraska Ornithologists Union and return with
this form to:
Betty Grenon, Treasurer
1409 Childs Road East
Bellevue, NE 68005
(E-mail addresses have been altered to fight spam. Replace (at)
with the appropriate symbol
and remove the blank spaces.)
President and Newsletter Editor:
David Heidt, 1703 Hilltop Drive, Norfolk, NE 68701-2031
Phone: 402-371-3412
daveh(at)northeastcollege. c o m
Vice-President:
Urban Lehner, 15526 Pierce Circle, Omaha, NE 68510
Phone: 402-330-3888
urban.lehner(at)dtn.c o m
Secretary:
Kevin Poague, 4274 'A' Street, Lincoln, NE 68510
402-489-1418
kpoague(at)audubon.o r g
Treasurer:
Betty Grenon, 1409 Childs Road East, Bellevue, NE 68005
402-731-2383
grenon925(at)aol. c o m
Editor, Nebraska Bird Review:
Janis Paseka, 1585 Co. Rd. 14 Blvd, Ames, NE 68621
402-727-9229
paseka(at)tvsonline. n e t
Librarian:
Mary Lou Pritchard, 6325 'O' Street, Lincoln, NE 68510
402-486-2428
Past President:
Alice Kenitz, 190648 Co. Rd. 22, Gering, NE 69341
Phone: 308-436-2959
E-mail Address: akenitz(at)prairieweb. c o m
Directors:
Jan Uttecht, Box 823, Stanton, NE 68779 (2007)
402-439-2114
jautek(at)stanton. n e t
Loren Padelford, 1405 Little John Road, Bellevue, NE 68005 (2008)
402-292-5556
lpdlfrd(at)juno. c o m
Steve Lamphere, 3101 Washington St., Apt. 98, Bellevue, NE 68005 (2006)
402-291-9149
kingfisher65(at)aol. c o m
Breeding Bird Atlas and Nest Records Committee:
Wayne Mollhoff, 1817 Boyd St., Ashland, NE 68003
402-944-2243
wmollhoff(at)netscape. n e t
Occurrence Reports:
Ross Silcock, P. 0. Box 57, Tabor, IA 51653
712-629-5865
silcock(at)rosssilcock. c o m
Nebraka Birdline:
Josef Kren
402-721-5487 ext. 6490
800-642-8382 ext. 6490
nebraskabirds@yahoo.com
NOU Website: http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/
Nebraska Birding Trails: http://www.nebraskabirdingtrails.com
NOU Online Store: http://www.withoutbricks.com/NOUStore
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
3745 Garfield
Lincoln, NE 68506