This is a good time to remind Christmas Bird Count Compilers and Participants that for the 2007 fall gun deer-hunting season, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has again extended the season to include extra weekends. ODNR added an extra weekend in deer gun season on December 15 and 16, 2007. If you participate in any area that may have hunters present you should wear something with Hunter Orange as a safety factor. The last thing you want to do is to wear a white hat or any other white apparel that could cause a hunter to think you are a white-tailed deer. And now for my commercial plug, the Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2007. Teams will be starting at 8:00 AM at the parking lot at Hoover Dam to cover the east and west side of the reservoir; Alum Creek State Park; Highbanks Metro Park, Sharon Woods Metro Park; and Camp Mary Orton. If you would like to join one of the teams other than those starting at Hoover Reservoir, give me a call at (614) 891-5706 or email me at [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) for details and for me to alert the area team leader to expect you. May we all have a safe and productive Christmas Bird Count. Charlie Bombaci, Compiler Hoover Reservoir CBC Circle **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]