On behalf of Audubon Ohio and our partners, The Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ohio's Division of Wildlife, Ohio's Bird Conservation Initiative, 2nd Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas, Council of Ohio Audubon Chapters, and Columbus Audubon, I would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended the state Audubon Assembly. It was a huge success, and your participation made it so. We had 200 people in attendance and received an overwhelming number of positive comments from participants and presenters alike. The event kicked off with field trips to both Killdeer Plains and the Whittier Peninsula. Many of you have already read the highlights from the Killdeer trip posted by Ethan Kistler and myself. At dinner Friday evening Jerome Jackson delivered an excellent keynote on the past, present, and future hopes of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers and the science behind the conservation work. Pete Dunne commented on Dr. Jackson's presentation as being "one of the most lucid talks on the subject." We had an amazing line-up of presenters throughout the day on Saturday and Kenn Kaufman delivered a lunch keynote, sponsored by BSBO, which many will not soon forget on taking birding to the next level, and what that next level is about. On Saturday evening Pete Dunne delivered the final keynote of the evening on the 23 things that have changed and shaped the birding world. One person told me that they had heard Pete speak on several other occasions and that his presentation Saturday evening was one of the best he had ever seen Pete give. I hope that those of you who attended were able to reunite with old friends, made some new friends, took away many memories, and gained some new information that will enable you to go birding with a purpose. I encourage you to take your experiences and what you learned through this event and share them with friends, neighbors, Audubon Chapters, birding clubs, and as many other people you can think of. Get out there and apply what you learned as well. Thank you again and we look forward to hosting you again in the future! Casey Casey Tucker Education Specialist Audubon At Home Audubon Ohio 692 N. High St., Suite 303 Columbus, OH 43215 614-224-3303 (phone) 614-224-3305 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.audubonohio.org Audubon At Home Bringing Conservation Home ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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]