American Birding Expo

"When it comes to mourning, Bill definitely preferred doves, warblers, and wheatears to tears."

William Henry Thompson, III, of Whipple, Ohio, was taken by pancreatic cancer on March 25, 2019. He was born March 3, 1962, in Pella, Iowa, and spent his early years in a rickety farmhouse with room to roam. His family spent nine glorious years in Pella with many dear friends. It’s said that Billy’s first word was junco, and the first bird he remembered seeing through binoculars at age six was a snowy owl. The Thompsons moved to Marietta, Ohio, in 1971; Bill’s dad (Bill Th...Continue reading

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