Hello Everyone,
I've been planning to post this for some time now, but have been swamped
with grant writing and other fun things like that! ; ) I appreciate
Mindy's question to the ListServ this morning as it gave me the kick in the
seat I needed to post this announcement.
A BIG birding event is planned in 2010 right in the peak of spring warbler
migration in the Lake Erie Marsh Region of Northwest Ohio. This inaugural
bird festival: “The Biggest Week in American Birding” is hosted by Black
Swamp Bird Observatory, Tropical Birding, Kaufman Field Guides, Ottawa
National Wildlife Refuge, and Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. This “birding
festival week” will be so jam-packed with workshops, warblers, free guided
activities, warblers, half day trips, keynote speakers, workshops, and more
warblers that it will have to be held over 11 days, from Thursday, May 6,
2010 through Sunday, May 16, 2010.
Festival Activities Include:
▪ Warbler and other songbird ID workshops
▪ "Woodcock Extravaganzas" to observe the extraordinary
displays of these woodland shorebirds
▪ Guided birding excursions to Kelleys Island, Ohio and Point
Pelee National Park, Ontario Canada
▪ Daily “warbler workouts” on the Magee Marsh boardwalk
▪ Daily visits to the neighboring Ottawa National Wildlife
Refuge, a local hotspot for waterbirds and warblers
▪ Multiple evening programs
▪ Guided bus tours to area birding hotspots for warblers
▪ Digiscoping workshops by optics experts in Magee Marsh
area locations
▪ Birding by ear workshops on warblers and other songbirds
▪ A number of presentations on world birding
On top of all of that, birding guru, Kenn Kaufman, and world-class birders
from Tropical Birding, will be presenting evening talks during the bird
festival on a variety of subjects over nine nights of the festival,
including a fascinating presentation on the intricately webbed story of
spring migration in the US.
All-in-all, this “week” is staged during Northwestern Ohio’s
“warbler migration madhouse” where the superlative warbler viewing
opportunities make it an idyllic setting. If warblers are not your thing,
then fear not as there will be many other varied birding opportunities in
the area too, and the festival-organizers will also be running an innovative
non-birder program to ensure spouses do not miss out on any of the fun
either.
Here's a link to the festival website:
http://biggestweekinamericanbirding.com/
Spaces are filling up fast so register soon!
Thanks,
Kim Kaufman
Executive Director
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
13551 West State Route 2
Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449
419-898-4070
www.bsbobird.org
-----Original Message-----
From: "Billingham, Mindy F." <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:58:54 -0500
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Magee Marsh in May
Hello-
I am hoping to head up to Magee Marsh in May for the big spring
migration. I had heard that the weekend of the 8th is the best but I
won't be able to make it then. I am trying to decide between the weekend
before and the weekend after. Does anyone have recommendations as to
which one is better? Is one better then the other?
Thanks in advance!
Mindy
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