SD Ornithologist Union Biennial Spring Meeting
May 16 @ 5:00 pm - May 18 @ 2:00 pm
SD Ornithologist Union Biennial Spring Meeting
This will be a tri-state joint meeting with our fellow birders from Iowa and Nebraska, hosted the weekend of May 16-18 at the Salvation Army Western Plains Camp in South Sioux City, NE.
There is a fantastic array of field trips scheduled in all three states, a Friday night poster session, and a Saturday keynote by Nebraska’s Michael Forsberg (https://www.michaelforsberg.com/). Michael is a celebrated photographer, author, and conservationist who has dedicated over three decades to capturing and telling the story of wildlife and conservation in the Great Plains through his work. He has very recently published a new book, Into Whooperland, that tells the story of the endangered Whooping Crane. Copies of the book will be available during the meeting.
Full details and online registration are available on the IOU website; the purple button to register is in the upper right. We are also pointing to this page from SDOU’s Next Meeting site. For those wishing to submit an abstract for the poster session, there is information on the site about that as well.
| Friday, May 16, 2025 | ||
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Poster Session, Field Trip Signup and Social Hour |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Friday Dinner: Taco Bar |
| Saturday, May 17, 2025 | ||
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 6:00 am – 6:45 am | Breakfast: Coffee and Donuts |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 6:45 am – 2:00 pm | Field Trips |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Afternoon Programming |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Afternoon Programming |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Business/Membership Meetings All Organizations |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Banquet Dinner |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Keynote Address Michael Forsberg |
| Sunday, May 18, 2025 | ||
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 6:00 am – 6:45 am | Breakfast: Coffee and Donuts |
| Western Plains Camp Dining Hall | 6:45 am – 2:00 pm | Field Trips |