Gene Reckin, former high school biology teacher and Libbys Christmas Day Bird Count organizer, counting birds that feed along the bottom of the Libby Dam during the Christmas Day Bird Count on Dec. 17. (Bethany Rolfson/TWN)
December 20, 2016
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December 20, 2016 1:23 p.m.
Birding: It's not just about the birds
“I’m a birder till death,” Gene Reckin said the day before he ventured out for an entire day of bird watching. The low temperature he’d see the next day would be negative eight, and he’d be outside from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.