Hi all,
They're starting to move. Early bird migrants like Yellow Warbler, American
Redstart, and Northern Waterthrush are already heading south. Ohio gets
tremendous numbers of migrant warblers, and they offer wonderful birding in
fall.
The peak of warbler migration along Lake Erie, which offers birding as good
in fall as spring, is the second week of September. And that's when the Fall
Warbler Symposium will be held - Sept. 8 & 9 to be exact. Hosted by the Ohio
Ornithological Society, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and Toledo
Naturalists' Association, the conference will be based at Lakeside on the
Marblehead Peninsula. An outstanding slate of speakers is a feature: Jon
Dunn, Kenn Kaufman, Elliot Tramer, Bill Evans, and Victor Emanuel. Victor is
founder of VENT Tours, which takes trips worldwide. Victor is Saturday
evening keynote speaker, and that should be a treat.
On Sunday, there will be field trips to the best birding locales along
western Lake Erie, led by experienced birders. We should find huge numbers
and variety; migratory hotspots can be dripping with birds the second
weekend of September. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about a
fascinating group of birds, in plumages that are often thought of as
confusing.
For details and registration info, visit:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/Lakeside/about.php
Hope to see you there!
Jim McCormac
Jim McCormac
Columbus, Ohio
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