I\\\'m a birder of 48 years. Was a member of the DVOC for many years. My dad, John T. LaVia, is a past-President of your club. He died in my arms while birding on Attu. I don\\\'t know how or why I let my membership lapse. I was in my 20\\\'s when I last birded with Paul & Anita Guris. Granted, I moved away from PA back in 1989, but I remained a member for some years...and then lost touch. I also had West Nile Virus put me in a coma for 9 days and hospital for 40 days back in 2001, and the resulting stroke wiped out some memory banks. But... I just wrote a book & mentioned the DVOC, and wonderfully warm feelings returned. It\\\'s being released May 18, 2019, \\\"Make Earth Great Again: earth avoidance & our disappearing connection with Nature\\\"
It stemmed from a TEDx Talk I did in front of 1,000 folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWBlsSTdHSE
I\\\'d love to get on your Program roster. I\\\'m dedicating my life to this issue, via a non-profit company I\\\'m setting up: http://www.theMEGAmovement.org
Protect the birds and we protect the earth!