For those of you who attended the Western Field Ornithologists’ annual meeting in Kernville in July, I don't need to tell you how successful it was and how much all the participants enjoyed themselves. Bob Barnes and his team of volunteers from Kern County really showed us how to organize a meeting that appealed to every one of the 130 or so members who attended. Bob and the Kern crew deserve our unending gratitude. He set a friendly and casual tone at the onset, and it continued that way for the entire meeting. In many respects, the meeting was more like a large family reunion.