Sunday's Flora-Quest tally for Shawnee Forest and Adams County's Edge of Appalachia Preserve System
were an exciting 96 species, not bad for a bunch of botanists! It will be interesting to compare those numbers with the OOS Conference to be held in Perrysburg Saturday, May 16. Our pattern has been to hold the annual conference in a location for two years, then seek new ground. Since the first two were held in Shawnee State Forest, we'll get a chance to compare our species tallied.
The move to the Oak Openings sets the stage for viewing Lark Sparrows, Summer Tanagers, Blue Grosbeaks, Whip-poor-wills, Blue-headed Vireos and much more. And don't forget about all those warblers still working their way through Maumee Bay and Magee.
Saturday's outstanding speakers are Kim Kaufman, Director of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and Jim Berry, President of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. Jim would be happy to see any of your treasured Roger Tory Peterson artifacts, so be certain to bring them along.
After Saturday evening's dinner, Jim McCormac will give a program titled Oak Openings: Desert of Diversity.
We will provide a list of outstanding regional sites to visit on Sunday, and expert birder/naturalists will be at each of them. The conference should provide an excellent opportunity to become more familiar with the Oak
Openings, and Kitty Todd during their special Blue Weekend.
You'll not want to miss out- so get your registration in today, as time is running out: May 6th is nearly here!
Our base of operations will be the spectacular Holiday Inn-French Quarter in Perrysburg.
For the complete low-down and registration info, visit the OOS website at:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/annual_meeting/meeting.php
And now, the weekend list from Shawnee and the Edge:
Wood Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Water-thrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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