Aspects of Birding from Four Perspectives: Panel Discussion
Four members of HLBWS will share their perspectives on birding in a panel discussion. The panelists are Sherry Bixler, Kathy McFarlen, Greg White, and Bob Linder.
Sherry has been birdwatching since she was about 5 years old. She has traveled to all 50 states and all 7 continents, and enjoyed birdwatching in all those travels. But birding locally is always interesting, and Sherry has organized and led birdwatching field trips for HLBWS to a wide variety of area destinations since 2009. Sherry will talk about Birding in Burnet County.
Kathy’s interest in birding and wildflowers took root early in her retirement, when she began “ranch sitting” for family members southeast of Marble Falls. She combined a passion for photography with her love of nature, and made a resolution to submit an eBird checklist every day in 2024 - and succeeded! Kathy will discuss how she, and others, can Make Birds Count.
Greg has always enjoyed the outdoors and graduated from college with a major in Wildlife Management. He began birdwatching as a hobby in 1981. He discovered HLBWS in 2017 and served on the group’s leadership team from 2017 to 2019. He continues to contribute to the organization by supporting the use of Groups.io, contributing to the Wildflower show, and facilitating room set-up for HLBWS meetings. Greg will focus on Northern Burnet County Birding Locations.
Bob Linder’s “two lives” have centered on a masterful career in music, and a lifelong enjoyment of hunting - particularly for wild turkeys. He has served as an adjudicator for World Turkey Calling events and achieved “grand slams” in hunting wild turkey. Bob discovered HLBWS in 2021, and during the pandemic, began pursuing photography in earnest. He is the inspiration behind HLBWS’s photography group, which began in 2024, and he loves sharing this hobby with others. His talk is titled, Covid Time to HLBWS: I Love Birds, Animals, and My Camera.
Note: This is the final meeting of the 2024-2025 program year! Following summer hiatus, HLBWS will resume its monthly meeting schedule on September 4, 2025.
