Hi All,
Kim isn't kidding when she says that some of the trips are filling fast. I just clicked the link and registered for a couple of trips and workshops. Some are filled! I am really looking forward to the "Biggest week"
Birdifully,
Penny O'Connor
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>Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Magee Marsh in May
>
>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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