Because many of our wetlands are still dry, we will attempt to find shorebirds, waders and marsh species where the water is more permanent. Our leader for our January outing to the Waterman Creek area, Dana Seifer of Storm Lake, has agreed to lead us around this glacial lake to see its open water, beaches and associated marshes. He also knows of more obscure wetlands and temporary water that may also host these migrants.

Meet us at 7:00 AM at the Singing Hills Walmart parking lot, northwest corner (across from 4 Brothers restaurant) for carpooling and the 90-minute caravan to Storm Lake.

For more information call Bill at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

Remember: all LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Tonight’s program will include photographs of birds on a tall grass prairie remnant and other areas. The presentation will depict other aspects of nature as well as birding.

Above banner image provided by and copyright 2024 by Jon Nylen, used with permission.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Jon and Leesa’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Join us for a traditional waterfowler’s experience – a trip to a blind for up close views and photo opportunities of migrating swans, geese, ducks and others. We have arranged for use of Ponca State Park’s wildlife blinds on their North Unit’s wetland.

Meet us at the Ponca State Park Resource Center at 3:30 PM SUNDAY, March 17. We will tour the Park and the riverfront for waterfowl, eagles and other migrants. Following that, we will guide you to the Park’s North Unit grasslands for pheasants, hawks and migrating waterfowl overhead. The riverfront there also gives us opportunities for viewing migrants.

Dress in warm clothing and footwear as we will enter the blind around 6:00 PM to await the arrival at the marsh of feeding or migrating waterfowl. Temperatures plummet as the sun goes down so prepare for temperatures well below those during the afternoon. (On this particular day, GREEN camo will be quite appropriate.)

A daily or seasonal park pass will be required on each car entering the park. Arrange for carpooling with others to avoid unnecessary expense. For more information call Bill at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

Remember: all LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Artificial lighting has been shown to have many consequences - both positive and negative - for humans and wildlife. David Hoferer, local Sierra Club member and Briar Cliff University biology professor, will introduce us to this growing phenomenon, and explore with us what steps individuals can take to improve the impact on our natural surroundings.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Dave’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Join us as we count birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). This citizen science project gathers bird occurrence data much like the Christmas Bird Count. Audubon teams will visit the Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center and other natural areas known to host wintering birds. Teams will include feeder watchers situated in warm interiors, roadside birders in cars and hikers venturing further afield and into colder environs.

At our meeting on Thursday, February 1, we will form teams and each team will select their territories for their effort on the 17th. If you cannot make the meeting, contact Bill Huser at 712-574-3107 billfhuser@gmail.com for suggestions regarding partners or territories.

Each team will be free to choose their starting time, lunchtime plans, methods and quitting time.

Those unable to join us on this day are urged to participate in the GBBC on this date or anytime during the February 16 - 19 count period. The Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center is hosting a GBBC Bird Walk at 10:00 AM on Friday, February 16. Data may be submitted through the eBird mobile app or at the eBird website. For more details search for ‘Great Backyard Bird Count’ online.

POSTPONED! Due to impending weather forecast for this weekend! A new date has not yet been determined.

Two for the price of one! Join Northwest Iowa Group of Sierra Club and Loess Hills Audubon for a joint venture on Saturday, February 10, at the First Unitarian Church (2508 Jackson). Visit with friends both old and new and enjoy your choice of over a dozen chilis.

This is Sierra Club's only fundraiser — donations from the door, beverage table, and the chili-to-go options support Northwest Iowa Group of Sierra Club's conservation and outreach efforts. Cash and checks are preferred, but we can process cards for a fee.

Loess Hills Audubon was graciously invited to participate and LHAS is conducting a silent auction fundraiser. Auction items will be on display and bids accepted during the chili social. Auction items are cash or check only, please.

Do you wish to contribute something for the auction? Items will be accepted at the LHAS January meeting, Thursday, January 4, 2024. Or, email Marla Kerr or Sharon Polifka to make other arrangements. Deadline for contributions is Saturday, January 6, 2024. The chilis will be served from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM in the church basement, but our doors will open at 3:30. Enjoy these happenings on the main level:

• Learn more about our friends, the Loess Hills Audubon Society, and browse great finds offered in their silent auction fundraiser. There just might be something you can't live without, and you'll be supporting a good cause!

• Live piano music by Terry Brooks

• Contribute to "Change for Change", the church's effort to help our neighbors and community organizations.

• Enjoy a slideshow of 2023 memories contributed by Sierra Club members and friends. (Have some photos you’d like to show off? Call/text 712.986.6210)

We'll keep our fingers crossed, but in case of bad weather, please use your own judgment as to your safety. If we decide to postpone, we'll do so as far in advance as we can.

University of South Dakota ornithologist Dave Swanson returns to Loess Hills Audubon with a summary of research conducted by him, his research associates, and his students. This work compares spring and fall migrant bird diversity and abundance within reconstructed tallgrass prairies and CRP fields. Does the reconstructed tallgrass prairie at Spirit Mound allow migrants to successfully add fat during stopover?

Dave will also discuss the recent range expansion of Eastern Meadowlark into southeastern South Dakota as well as future research goals if a Motus tracking system is funded.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Dave’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Winter birding is always challenging with bird populations at their annual low point and severe weather causing stressed birds to shelter and over-stressed birds to perish. As birders we try to offset such obstacles by birding sites with multiple habitats and a history of hosting many wintering birds.

Waterman Creek is one such area with the added advantage of having a history of rare winter visitors. Offering an open valley with flowing water and many Eastern Red Cedar trees, this valley provides food, water and shelter for wintering birds. The small blue berries of these cedar trees offer an abundant food supply to those species feeding on fruit (frugivores).

Our target birds include Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings, American Robins and Townsend’s Solitaires, Eastern and Mountain Bluebirds, Purple Finches, Rough-legged Hawks and Golden Eagles. In order to navigate the area and find these special birds, we have enlisted the leadership of area local Dana Siefer who has birded the area for several winters and found many of these birds. In fact, Dana was there birding when we last visited the site two years ago.

Birding at Waterman will be mostly from cars and at the roadsides. Meet our group at the Singing Hills Walmart (NW corner of parking lot) at 7:00 AM for the 82 mile drive to the Prairie Heritage Center near Peterson, north of Cherokee. Others wishing to join the group on site should meet us at the Prairie Heritage Center at 8:30 AM. Bring a picnic lunch and beverages to maximize time on the site, though we may choose a restaurant at the time. For more information call 712-574-3107 for Bill or billfhuser@gmail.com

Remember: all LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

This month, Tyler Flammang, Resource Technician at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, will talk about the habitat restoration projects conducted by the Conservation Corps of Iowa (CCI) at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center. Every year, the Nature Center solicits the help of the CCI to help restore native prairie habitat in various locations. Tyler will talk about the importance of restoring native habitat and the history of the landscape at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center.

DUE DATE: Have silent auction items? Please bring them tonight so we can get them organized for the upcoming auction event on Saturday, January 13th! Or, email Marla Kerr or Sharon Polifka to make other arrangements for your items.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Tyler’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

We start at our Conservation Center in Moorehead Park at 8:00 AM. I will have coffee and rolls at that time. We head out after forming groups and receive maps of where to cover.

At Noon to 1:00 PM is dinner time. I have the meal prepared with my "Best Ever Chill” and the fixings.

All the groups come back at 3:00 to 3:30 PM to add up the totals. At that time I have pie & ice cream for all.

Please let Don know if you wish to participate. For more information, please contact Don Poggensee at donpoggensee@gmail.com.

Please contact compiler Roger Dietrich of your intent to participate. This way he can assign participants to territories prior to count day.

If this becomes a last minute decision, then meet at the parking lot on the north side of Gavins Point Dam at 7:30 AM.

There is an owling group that begins at 4:00 AM. Be sure to contact Roger about this and he will set you up.

Questions? You can contact Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com; Jerry Probst at probstsuebee@aol.com, or Roger Dietrich at 1947rogerd@gmail.com.

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

For more information, please contact compiler Jerry Probst for more information. Jerry will assign groups of observers. Newbies will accompany experienced CBC counters. Please let him know if you have a location preference.

Want to do this from the comfort of your home? Let Jerry know, please. We need feeder watchers as well as counters in the fields and woods.

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Meet at 15384 North Ridge Road, Westfield, IA at 8:00 AM. Lunch will be served at the same address at 12:30 PM. End time when it’s too dark to see birds. All Day Birders can return later in the day, add to compilation numbers & enjoy a beverage or two with snacks.

For more information, please contact Dotty Zales at zales66@hotmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Our first Christmas Bird Count for the season for our area! More details will be posted shortly.

For more information, please contact Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

This is our annual Holiday Celebration and member slide show. Please bring some Holiday Treats to share! We will project your best images and you provide the tales behind the images!

Treat time and conversations begin at 6:00 PM with the slide show to begin about 7:00 PM. Prefer analog? Bring some prints and we’ll provide the table so we can spread them out and admire the work.

Please Note: Entries are due Saturday, 18 November 2023! This provides about two weeks to arrange your contributions into a PowerPoint presentation as well as a slide show on this website. Please contact Randy Williams with questions or your entries for this event.

Christmas Bird Count coordinators will have sign up sheets available. There are five days of counts coming up fast!

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Meet at 7:00 AM in the northwest corner of the parking lot (across from 4 Brothers Grill) at the Singing Hills Walmart.

Join Chapter Members as we search for waterfowl, loons and gulls at our second largest (but deepest) lake. Past Fall visitors have included Black, White-winged and Surf Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks, Trumpeter Swans, Western, Eared and Horned Grebes, Bonaparte’s and Herring Gulls, Common Loons, Bald Eagles and most of our more common waterfowl.

Our viewing will be from cars and the roadsides to limit disturbance and hypothermia. Scopes and tripods will aid our viewing and identification tips will be discussed. Limited birding on foot will be optional. Vault toilets are available year round at the lake. By 11:30 we will probably head to lunch at Old Dane Golf Club near Dakota City.

For more information, please contact Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Please Note: this is the due date for entries for the Loess Hills Audubon Society Holiday Gathering Slide Show! Contact Randy Williams with your questions or entries!

Richard will share information about the formation and unique status of the loess hills, and also talk about some of the cultural and biological history of our area. We will also talk about current and future issues here.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Richard’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

Please Note: Images are due for the LHAS Holiday Party and Member Slide Show on Saturday, 18 November. Please contact Randy Williams regarding entries for the show!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

One group will meet in the northwest corner of the Singing Hills Walmart at 7:30 AM to check area cemeteries and South Ravine Park. The Walmart group of migrant birders will then join other Loess Hills Audubon members enjoying a morning at Sioux City Prairie Park tallying migrant birds as they pass through Siouxland.

Prairie Park activities, supporting designation of Sioux City as a bird-friendly community, begin at 9:00 AM and go until Noon. Binoculars, spotting scopes, and field guides will be available for use at Prairie Park. Prairie Park is accessible for visitors of all abilities.

The Walmart group may then migrate elsewhere following the Prairie Park visit.

For more information, please contact Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Morningside University undergraduate students Michael Griffen, Hayden Stephenson, and Alex Valdez will present their local research project regarding Barn Owl habitat and potential restoration.

This research is part of a grant funded by the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM education, using locally-relevant research projects. Barn Owls are rare, at best, in Siouxland, but climate projections indicate that the future may bring better living conditions. This project assessed local natural areas to determine where restoration efforts may have the best chance to succeed.

This project was mentored by Morningside University faculty Chad Leugers and Tim Sesterhenn.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with the Barn Owl presentation beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

With Saturday’s weather forecast calling for a 77% chance of rain, including thunderstorms, and Omaha’s forecast much the same, I believe it prudent to cancel tomorrow’s trip to Hitchcock Nature Center. Besides the inconvenience of the rain and the danger of lightning on the viewing tower, there is little chance there will be any movement of raptors in such conditions.

However, I still suggest that all willing and able meet at the prescribed time and place for some local birding, perhaps, surveying Graceland Cemetery for Crossbills or Bacon Creek for the elusive Limpkin. If rain hinders even these reduced plans, perhaps some coffee and comradery can fill the void.

Meet us at 8:00 AM, Saturday, the 23rd at the Singing Hills Walmart parking lot for this adventure. Look for us in the NW corner.

Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

Fan-favorite Don Poggensee returns to Loess Hills Audubon with another high-quality selection of photographs and traveler’s tales.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Don’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend! Please, enjoy the evening!

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Our earliest fall migrants appear by this date most years, so we will assemble to look for Olive-sided, Least and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Vireos and early warblers at Stone State Park on this date.

We will meet at the public boat ramp at Chris Larsen Park on the Sioux City waterfront at 7:00 AM on Saturday, August 26 for the drive to the park. Others wishing to meet us there, may meet us at the park’s west entrance at 7:20 AM.

Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

The Plymouth County Conservation Board maintains several parks and river access points along the Big Sioux River north of Westfield and Akron, IA. These parks include riverine, riparian woodland and some managed grassland habitats. During our July outing we will introduce you to these sites as we search for the woodland and grassland birds that inhabit them. Our target birds will include both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Willow Flycatchers, Bell’s Vireos and Northern Parulas. Birding at these sites is expected to be along the roadsides by car or foot.

Following stops at Doorenbos-Ford Wetlands, Boyd’s Bend, Big Sioux Park, River Bend Park and the Ron Wilmot River Access, we will proceed through the Broken Kettle Grasslands to search for Black-billed Cuckoos, Bobolinks, Grasshopper Sparrows and Loggerhead Shrikes. ‘The Grasslands’ are also home to Bison, butterflies and reptiles. Our visit here will, likewise, be roadside birding. Join us as we tour the Big Sioux River valley and ‘the Grasslands’ and study the landform, its botany and bird life.

Dotty and Bill Zales have graciously invited us to join them for lunch at their homestead, ‘Prairie Hills,’ around 11:00 AM.

We will meet at the public boat ramp at Chris Larsen Park on the Sioux City waterfront at 7:00 AM on Saturday, July 15 for the 20-minute drive to Akron, IA. Others wishing to meet us on site later in the morning, may go directly to Prairie Hills any time after 9:00 AM. Please R.S.V.P. to Dotty Zales or Bill Huser (see below) if you plan to join us for lunch.

Bill Huser, LHAS Vice-President & Outings Coordinator at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

LHAS Board Retreat and Potluck. This is where current and new chapter officials exchange ideas and goals for the next season of activities and projects for Loess Hills Audubon.

We will either be in the shelter, if the weather is nice, or in the visitor center, if the weather is not so nice.

Bring a dish to share, tableware and utensils and your own beverage. Also bring your ideas for our chapter! We will set goals for the next season of meetings, outings, projects and activities and we need your input!

The potluck begins at 5:00 PM with business to follow.

World Migratory Bird Day (including Global Big Day) is officially celebrated on the second Saturday of May in the US.

LHAS has permission to access the newly acquired Little Sioux Scout Ranch for an outing and bird survey to celebrate the dates and this important acquisition to preserve the Loess Hills.

To obtain some baseline bird occurrence data for the site, LHAS will be both conducting its annual Birdathon fundraiser and participating in the Global Big Day on this busy Saturday. Global Big Day is organized by the National Audubon Society, The Cornell Lab and Birds Canada and gathers bird occurrence data much like the Christmas Bird Count for researchers across the continent.

Plan to join the group at the Singing Hills Walmart parking lot at 6:30 AM for our caravan to the site. There, we will break up into teams to cover the Camp’s habitats for migrating songbirds. Warbler and vireo migration should be at their peak, and their numbers may surprise us all. Join us for this important data gathering mission.

Be sure to pack a lunch and beverages for this outing!

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

For more information, contact Bill Huser at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com.

Join us as we participate in the Open House for the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation’s Little Sioux Scout Ranch acquisition. We will learn about the unique history and features of this Loess Hills site, as well as lead bird walks to interested attendees. We will meet at the Singing Hills Walmart parking lot at 2:30 PM to caravan to the site. The Open House is scheduled to begin at 4pm. (Some event details are yet to be determined.)

Discover the migratory birds that pass through one of Sioux City’s public parks!

This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Loess Hills Audubon Society and Sioux City Parks and Recreation

Binoculars and field guides will be available for use.

Birding scope assistance will be available at the pond.

World Migratory Bird Day:  Saturday, May 13, 2023

Mark Haindfield was employed with Woodbury County Conservation Board for 41 years while stationed at Snyder Bend Park. Commonly known as a Park Officer or Park Ranger, his official title then was District Resource Manager.

Mark completed training at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in 1975 and served in the U.S. Army Reserves for 24 years. Earlier, ornithology courses at Iowa State University added to his long-time appreciation for birds while his job kept him close to nature.

In the 1970’s, when Bald Eagle populations were beginning to improve, Mark assisted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in locating and recording eagle loafing and roosting sites. Weekly location maps of recorded sightings of these important sites in the Snyder Bend and Winnebago Bend areas were forwarded on to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wildlife photography became his hobby. Carolyn Benne, a towering figure in local conservation and education, encouraged and assisted Mark in producing a slideshow program of his images in cooperation with our local Iowa Area Education Agency. His slideshow program was personally shown to many local clubs and organizations including the Loess Hills Audubon Society.

Later, for a 12 year stretch, a different hobby became his passion. Racing homing pigeons consumed his spare time where he learned bird nutrition; molting concepts; bird behavior; breeding strategies; and amazing feats of bird endurance and navigation.

After retiring and joining the Loess Hills Audubon Society, Mark again picked up his camera and wishes to share his more recent birding adventures with you. Be ready to enjoy video clips of bird behaviors; raptors battling for a meal; and rare species for our area, as well as images of very cooperative local bird species.

LHAS Board Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with Mark’s program beginning at 7:00 PM.

The Loess Hills Audubon Society exists to educate individuals and the public to enjoy and promote birding, to support ornithology and to be an advocate for wild areas and environmental issues. The Loess Hills Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Outing postponed to this date due to illness. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

“On frosty spring mornings, as the sun rises over the prairies, one may at times hear a singular, resonant, booming note, ‘boom-ah-b-o-o-m, boom-ah-b-o-o-m.’”

So did famed ornithologist Dr. Frank M. Chapman once describe the love-song of the Greater Prairie Chicken.

More often heard by early ornithologists than our contemporary birding friends, these haunting sounds can still be heard without travelling to distant points in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas or Nebraska. On Saturday, April 22, members and guests of the Loess Hills Audubon Chapter will journey to the Buckskin Hills Wildlife Management Area (WMA) southwest of Newcastle, Nebraska to hear this boom-ah-b-o-o-m, which can travel for 2-3 miles, as well as their cackling notes which travel less distance. Observers will also see the intricate mating dance of the birds as they erect the feather tufts on their necks, raise and spread their tails, droop their wings, inflate their orange air-sacs and stomp their feet, rush at and strike their rivals. Each Spring, these males cavort on a prairie hilltop to attract the much more reserved females.

After this early morning show, we will also study the reservoir at the WMA, the pine plantations and the streamside woods and thickets for newly arriving songbirds. Our native sparrows, wrens, thrushes and perhaps our first warblers and vireos may show off in both song and movement. All in all, we expect to see 60 species or more.

Join the group for this adventure on Saturday, April 22, 2023 by meeting us at the NW corner of the Singing Hills Walmart parking lot at 6:00 AM to caravan to the Prairie Chicken lek. Those wishing to meet us there can expect us to arrive in Newcastle about 7:00 AM and may join our caravan as we pass through town on NE Hwy 12.

All LHAS outings are open to the public and offer an inviting way to begin birding and meet others with similar interests.

For more information, contact Bill Huser at 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com.