Ohio birders,
Atlas for bird conservation, read on...
Wherever you bird in Ohio, please go atlasing THIS WEEKEND (and through June
and into July). Better yet, follow Ann Oliver's advice, please join the Ohio
Ornithological Society (OOS) at Shawnee State Park Lodge this evening
through Sunday AM. See blow for more details...
OK, it's last minute... your lawn needs mowed (so does mine, again), you
have errands to run, it has been a hectic week (Wow, let tell you!).
Nonetheless, drop everything--go atlasing, really. Contribute your time,
your energy, your support, your expertise.
Never done it before? Join us at Shawnee, you will learn from experts while
having great fun in Ohio's "Little Smoky Mountains." Walk-in's welcome.
Great atlasing guides will take you into the field. Do it for the first time
with or without participating in the OOS Conference (You'll enjoy great
speakers at the conference).
Really, go atlasing this weekend for conservation. Let's declare June 2011,
"Atlasing for Bird Conservation" month.
Atlas for Bird conservation?
Bird conservation requires bird population management--managing the impacts
of human activity on essential habitats and the birds dependant on them.
Management requires measurement. Citizen Science is measurement! It's been
an essential component of bird conservation since the first ever Christmas
Bird Count held in 1900!
The second Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas (OBBAII) is THE fundamental systematic
measurement of the distribution of Ohio's breeding birds. That's essential
information for bird conservation. Your contributions are essential to the
atlas. You can contribute at any skill level. Just do it.
Isn't citizen science a civic duty for those of us enjoying birds?
Go atlasing this weekend.
Tom Bain
Bird Conservation Chair
Ohio Ornithological Society
See more details in Ann's note, below...
-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ann
Oliver
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Atlasing event in SW Ohio this weekend with OOS & OBBA
II
Another note about atlasing:
If you'd like to get involved with atlasing, please join OOS and OBBA
II this evening, at Shawnee
State Park in SW Ohio. Paul Rodewald, Project Director for the Ohio Breeding
Bird Atlas II, will
explain the "ins and outs" of atlasing. Think of atlasing as a fair-weather
version of a Christmas
Bird Count: you don't have to wear fleece or heavy gloves! Paul is the
keynote speaker this evening
at the Ohio Ornithological Society's Seventh Annual Conference: please see
our website Ohio
Ornithological Society: Ohio Birds and Birding (www.ohiobirds.org/) for
details.
Everyone is invited for the entire weekend, regardless of birding
expertise or previous
experience with atlasing. We'll have a great time, see some wonderful birds
(butterflies and botany,
too) including 18 species of warblers, and traverse the gorgeous territory
of SW Ohio. Camping is
available at Shawnee SP if you don't wish to book a room at the lodge
(special rates for conference
attendees available).
OOS, OBBA II, and teams of volunteers will atlas in SW Ohio on Saturday
and Sunday morning.
It's not too late to join us: please contact Julie Davis
([log in to unmask] 614-560-
7404), Dan Sanders ([log in to unmask] 614-596-5666), or Doreene Linzell
([log in to unmask] 614-218-5411) if you'd like to help out even at the
LAST MINUTE! Walk-
in registration available.
Saturday afternoon and evening, our special guest speaker is Ted Floyd,
Editor of "Birding", the
flagship magazine published by the American Birding Association. Ted's
afternoon talk is "Bare-
naked Birding: Clothing Optional, Binoculars Prohibited", focusing on
observing breeding behavior
and applying it to bird ID. Ted's evening presentation, "Birding at Night:
The Final Frontier", will
introduce you to a new frontier in birding.
Sunday morning: you'll also have a special opportunity to tour The
Conrad Tract, adjacent to the
Edge of Appalachia Preserve, which is protected by the Ohio Chapter of The
Nature Conservancy.
Folks from TNC will be there too!
If you can't join OOS, OBBA II, & TNC this weekend at Shawnee SP,
please see the OBBA II
website for details on how you can atlas in other parts of the state during
this final season of
fieldwork (www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/index.php, [log in to unmask],
614-247-6458).
Ann Oliver
Editor, The Cerulean Newsletter (quarterly publication of OOS)
Cincinnati
Subject: Atlasing
From: Doreene Linzell <dlinzell611 AT WOWWAY.COM>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:53:22 -0400
Dan Sanders and I had a most interesting day of atlasing. We spent
several hours in two non priority blocks in Region 58. A few days ago
we had discovered a 'rails to trails' path through a wooded area. We
returned this a.m. armed with insect repellent and wearing long pants
and shirts. What a delight this trail was. We heard and saw several
woodland species such as Scarlet Tanager and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Then, we came upon a pond that had many dead trees in it. Perfect
habitat for - wait a minute - there they were, a pair of Red-headed
Woodpeckers! Always a beautiful bird to see. Next we had 3 Great-
horned owls! Two and possibly all three were young ones. A Green
Heron was also calling this pond home. What a find and I'd like to
return even after atlasing.
In the next block we were looking mainly at farm fields - seeing a
Bobolink in one of them and also several grassland sparrow species.
And, then, there we were at a place called the Kathryn A. Sheedy
Sanctuary, which is part of the Morrow County Park system. We parked
our car and started walking the loop trail. We found ourselves in an
old pine plantation. I was hoping we might find a Pine Warbler, but
that didn't happen. But, we sure did hear and then see one very
vociferous male American Redstart. He just didn't shut up! I'm
thinking that he thought this wooded area was just like northern
Minnesota (my home state) and why fly any further north? There was
also a marsh with a wonderful observation platform. Unfortunately we
ran out of time before we could complete the big loop, but, we
certainly plan on returning. See the following link for the
sanctuary, if interested.
http://www.morrowcountyparkdistrict.org/sheedy.html
Now that June is here and almost all breeding birds are within 'safe'
dates, I'm hoping that everyone is helping out with this major
project in its very last year.
Good Birding,
Doreene Linzell
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