Ohio birders:



I just sent off my "trip report" to my fellow birders on the Michigan
Birders list. I want to forward and share "my story" with you. This was a
great trip for my wife and me! This was the first year we visited Ohio to go
birding, and this was our third visit this year! What a cool place!



To "close the loop" on a related subject, I also want to add a note that I
really appreciated the responses I received from the Ohio birders list about
the closed Magee Sportsmen's Center I wrote about earlier on your list. I
was quite amazed that so many people were similarly impacted as we were on
just a single day! And this is only from the Ohio listers! I can just
imagine how many others were impacted on the same day during this special
time of year!



I especially want to thank Mary Warren and Jim Witter from the Magee
Sportsmen's Center, and their supervisor Scott Butterworth - to whom they
forwarded my note - for each responding personally to me about why they had
to close the facility on that certain day. I truly doubt that it will ever
happen again during migration. I think in fact that it may even be
envisioned to now modify Ohio DNR/DOW regulations to allow dedicated
volunteers to staff the facility during absence of state employees during
critical birding times - similar to the nearby federal ONWR facility. Thanks
so much to all - I understand the situation now and truly appreciate the
responses!  What a national treasure you have there!



I hope y'all enjoy my "ramble". (Yes - I am known in Michigan for doing this
sort of rambling thing on occasion.)



I also want to mention I really enjoy hearing about the Ohio birding y'all
write about on your list! Thanks so much for posting!





"Dr. Bob" Setzer

Oakland County, Michigan



From: Robert Setzer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:58 PM
To: ([log in to unmask])
Subject: I posted my blog on NW Ohio trip finally



Remember "spring migration"? I guess it is officially over, but I finally
finished blogging about our overnight trip to NW Ohio in May. Cool place,
new birds, and it was a great time with each other!



I am actually quite proud of my "story". I encourage you to check it out!

http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-05-20-magee-marsh.html



Let me know what you think.



"Dr. Bob" Setzer



"Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day."   Teaching a man to "bird"
is much harder!

Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/






______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]