Date: 10/15/12 11:37 am
From: Anna Urciolo <urcioloa%<sidwell.edu...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Montgomery Bird Club meeting this Wednesday


The MBC Meeting this Wednesdya, Oct. 17th.

Don Messersmith will describe his "70 Years of Birding.�

It started by chance on a hike at Boy Scout Camp. That led to a Merit Badge and from then on Don Messersmith birded on his own in Toledo and on the shores of Lake Erie. In 1950 he went on a Youth Hostel trip to Europe and saw his first foreign birds. Don began leading hostel tours, which led to an invitation by the late Orville Crowder to lead his birding tours. After Orville�s death, Don and his wife, Sherry, formed World Nature Tours, which gave him the opportunity to organize and lead tours to every continent and more than 100 countries. This talk will illustrate Don�s story from the 1940s to the present day.

Please join us at the Potomac Presbyterian Church at 10301 River Road in Potomac, Maryland. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., refreshments at 7:30 and the meeting begins at 8:00. All are welcome!

Anna Urciolo

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