Hi all,

On my copy of Jim's message, the link to the Columbus Audubon site came out
wrong.  Try this one for registration for the Waterfowl Symposium:

http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438&Itemid=200

Bill Heck

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> On behalf of Columbus Audubon and the Ohio Ornithological Society, I want
> to
> announce an upcoming symposium focusing on waterfowl. The location will be
> the wonderful, brand spanking new Grange Audubon Center in downtown
> Columbus, Ohio, hard on the bank of the mighty Scioto River. This is a
> gorgeous building and perfectly suited for such an event.
>
> The date of the main event is Saturday, February 27th. We've got a stellar
> lineup of speakers, including:
>
> Jesse Barry and Chris Wood of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, speaking on
> The Secret Life of Ducks and Saving Waterfowl with e-bird data;
>
> Paul Baicich on the importance of the Federal Duck Stamp and what it has
> done to conserve waterfowl;
>
> Keith Lott presenting data on the most comprehensive aerial survey of Lake
> Erie waterbirds ever done, which just wrapped up and produced some
> fascinating results;
>
> Dr. Gwen Myers presenting the work that she has done with one of North
> America's most fascinating ducks, the Spectacled Eider, which winters in
> one
> of the most inhospitable places on earth, open leads in the otherwise
> frozen
> Bering Sea;
>
> And there'll be more!
>
> A very special treat is our Saturday evening keynote speaker, all the way
> from Iraq - Dr. Azzam Alwash, CEO of Nature Iraq, who will share a
> fascinating program about his work to restore the marshlands of Iraq, and
> their waterfowl. Alwash is fascinating and engaging - you won't want to
> miss
> him, or any of the others!
>
> Adding to the treats is a special Friday night performance, also at the
> Grange Audubon Center, of the one and only Swinging Orangatangs, that wild
> and wacky band straight out of Whipple, Ohio, fronted by Julie Zickefoose
> and Bill Thompson. That'll be great fun, a good way to meet fellow birders
> from here and there, hang out and have a great time. Be there or be square!
>
> Weather permitting, we'll have topnotch birders posted at the best local
> patches for finding waterfowl on Sunday. If the thaw is underway, as it
> often is by late February, open water areas in Central Ohio can have lots
> of
> fowl pushing on north.
>
> For the complete scoop, and to register, visit the OOS website at:
> http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/waterfowl.php
>
> We also have a link to our partnering organization, Columbus Audubon, where
> you can register online if you wish:
> http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content
> <
> http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=art
> icle&id=438&Itemid=200<http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=art%0Aicle&id=438&Itemid=200>>
> &view=article&id=438&Itemid=200
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Jim McCormac
>
>
>
> Jim McCormac
>
> Columbus, Ohio
>
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