Hi all, This coming Saturday at 9 am there will be a program on waterfowl at Dawes Arboretum, near Newark. I'm going to give a presentation on Ohio's waterfowl, then with the help of Dawes' staff we'll head to the field to look for birds. I want to mention this here because the field trip site is to a large area of newly restored wetlands on the arboretum property that is not well known. These wetlands have already attracted many interesting birds, and the quality of bird habitat will only get better with time. We may be able to come up with some good finds, and no matter what, it's always good to get out of doors on a beautiful fall day. For details and to register, call Dawes at 800-443-2937. Their website is at: http://www.dawesarb.org/ Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like nature? Visit my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like birds? Join the Ohio Ornithological Society: http://www.ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]