Hi all, Enough birders have asked me about this, or already signed up, that I wanted to share the details here. On July 21st and 22nd, the first Ohio Dragonfly Conference will be held at Wooster, Ohio. Talks will be given by some of the state's most knowledgeable experts, including Bob Glotzhober, Dave McShaffrey, and Larry Rosche. Many of you know of Larry as a birder and author of the Birds of the Cleveland Region; he is also one of the Midwest's leading authorities on dragonflies and damselflies and author of Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeastern Ohio. The keynote speaker is Dr. Dennis Paulson. Like Larry, many of us know Dennis through his ornithological work - he is an outstanding birder and author of Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide. Dennis is a world-renowned authority on the Odonata, too, and is at work on a new book of North American dragonflies. There will be field trips on Sunday to the vast marshes of nearby Killbuck and Funk Bottoms wildlife areas, as well as other interesting sites. At this time of year, there will be scores of dragonflies, as well as some great birding. For more details, visit: http://www.gmasohio.org/odes.html Hope to see you there! Jim McCormac ______________________________________________________________________ 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]