>> To All Ohio Birders: Please take a look at this very unique checklist of Ohio birds that includes:
>> - All bird species that are currently on the official list of Ohio birds, as of December 31, 2016.
>> - The taxonomic order and nomenclature, within each section, based on the Fifty-Seventh Supplement (July 2016)
>>    to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds.
>> - Three separate species groupings/explanations for: Easier To See (203 species), Harder to See (93 species),
>>    and Ohio Review List Species (132),
>> -  A 'difficulty code number' for each species that may be most helpful to younger or beginning birders,
>>    not yet familiar with which Ohio birds are more common or expected.
>> Other Information:
>> - This checklist may be used as a Daily, Monthly, Annual, and/or as a Life Ohio checklist.
>> - It is recommended that this checklist be printed back-to-back. It can also be folded for easier transport/storage.
>> - It is recommended that the 'lined' option be used as it may be important to record the date and location of 'first' sightings.
>> - For a better understanding of the relative abundance and periods of peak passage for some Ohio birds, the purchase
>>   of the Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Ohio is also recommended. This same OBRC publication is also available via the
>>   OOS Website at www.ohiobirds.org. 
>> - Please note that the OOS and checklist authors have given permission for this current revision of The Ohio Birds Checklist with Difficulty Codes to be forwarded/added/included to other Ohio Birding List-serves, Websites, blogs, birding Facebook groups,
>> etc, as presented here in the two direct links below. This checklist is also available via the OOS Website at 
>>   www.ohiobirds.org.
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>> The two direct links of this most recent/current revision are:
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>> http://ohiobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ohio-Birding-Checklist_NoLines.pdf
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>> http://ohiobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ohio-Birding-Checklist_Lines.pdf
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>> Please consider this challenge: Take a look at the 'Easier To See' bird species (203 of them) on this Checklist. Choose
>> an area (your yard, 'local patch', a Metropark, your County, the entire State of Ohio?). How many of these 203 species
>> (or set your own goal) can you see/identify by the end of this year? You've likely already seen quite a few of them this January!
>> 
>> Good Birding to everyone!
>> Dan Sanders (Central Ohio)
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