I am retired from Collins Radio/Rockwell Collins (April 2006). I was employed there for 40 years. I led a group at the airport that designs, documents and installs avionics equipment into airplanes. I have been involved with Cedar Rapids Audubon since 1989. I have served as president for several of those years and also on the board in other positions. I am currently the president (2011) /treasurer and membership chairman. I also do volunteer work with the Linn County Conservation department doing bird classes and studies of species in some of the parks. I have also been involved with the DNR doing Henslow’s Sparrow studies since 2004 at Pleasant Creek Lake State Recreation Area and also moth studies in state parks. Since 1989 I have increased my photography activity a tremendous amount, primarily with flowers and birds until 1994 when I started to concentrate on butterflies and dragonflies. Since 2002 I have also starting black lighting for moths. I also do a lot of landscaping in my backyard including ponds.
I can be contacted at:
James Durbin
319-721-1593
Other people to contact about information and photos that can be found on the website:
Todd Hubbard: todd-hubbard@uiowa.edu
Dennis Schlicht: dws1108@msn.com
Dennis is the author of the Butterflies of Iowa book.
Frank Olsen: fdolsen@mchsi.com
Frank does a lot of butterfly studies and also is one of the documentators of moths species in Iowa.
M J Hatfield: mjhatfield@oneota.org
M J does a lot of studies raising larvae to adults to document their life cycles. She also runs the Iowa Insects Mailing List.
Loren and Babs Padelford: lpdlfrd@cox.net
Loren and Barbs are from eastern Nebraska and spend time in western Iowa.
Mark Brown: mark-h-brown@uiowa.edu
Mark Brown is from Iowa City and is an avid photographer of insects.
Brockman, Nathan G: mantisnb@iastate.edu
Nate runs the butterfly house at Reiman Gardens in Ames and is also the butterfly coordinator for the Butterflies and Moths of North America website.
Chris Edwards: credwards@aol.com
Chris lives in Iowa City and does several butterfly counts throughout the state each summer.
Marcie O’Connor:
Marcie lives in Buffalo County, Wisconsin and has the following websites that she maintains. Marcie is restoring an old farm in western Wisconsin back to prairie and savanna habitat.
APrairieHaven.com – about the project she is doing to restore her land back to the way it was before it was settled
and
BugLifeCycles.com – a collection of links documenting the life cycles of insects
www.mothlists.com
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