A Dream Comes True

Bob Holbrook will be the speaker at the TUESDAY January 20 OKC Audubon meeting with a program entitled “Iceland, A Dream Come True.”

Bob started collecting stamps when he was about 10 Years old. The hobby opened up a fascinating world of countries, history, customs, landscapes, languages, currencies and so much more. Geography became an integral part of his dreams. He loved to look at maps and globes and see all those corners of the earth that held out beckoning fingers — “come see for yourself.”

Bob was especially drawn to those tiny countries scattered all over the place. Lichtenstein, Andorra, Iceland, Nepal, Goa, Brunei.  He’s had the privilege of actually traveling to most of those and more. Thanks to his Scandinavian (Norwegian) heritage. Iceland was high on that list. Hence, his birding trip there was an awesome experience. “I’ll relive it in my mind forever,” he says.

As he’ll point out Tuesday night, the complete list is well over 400, however, nearly all of them are listed as accidental, the “true list’’ is only about 70 and he had the privilege of seeing 69. He missed the Rock Dove only because he chose to not drive into Reykjavik City proper.

Bob’s talk will cover much of the fantastic areas of Iceland, and land of nothing but volcanic construction.

Our meetings are held September through June on the third Monday of each month with the exception of January. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. Visitors are always welcome.

Meeting Location:

Our meetings are held at the Will Rogers Garden center, located at the intersection of NW 36th Street and I-44. The Oklahoma City Audubon Society is neither a chapter of, nor affiliated with, the National Audubon Society.