Hi everyone, December 1st is the weekend of the Ohio Conservation Symposium, held jointly by the Ohio Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our keynote speaker is Scott Weidensaul, author, speaker, and conservationist. His latest book just came out this year - "Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding" - and it is already a classic. Scott is but one of a fine slate of speakers that will be talking about different topics on Saturday. Go to the OOS website at www.ohiobirds.org <http://www.ohiobirds.org/> to see all of the details and a registration form. We welcome you to come to all of the conference, or any part thereof. If you are able to, please join us. The event is being held at Deer Creek Resort, just south of Columbus, and as we've seen from a number of recent reports, the birding can be very good in this area. For those so inclined, we'll have field trips to the best birding sites on Sunday. Maybe the Northern Shrike that visits annually will have returned by then, as well as some Sandhill Cranes. Thanks to the generosity of our members, the OOS has been able to assist TNC in acquiring some very significant Ohio bird habitat, and we will share the details of our collaboration at the conference. It is encouraging to see birders looking beyond the list, and actively participating in conservation actions that will allow the next generation to go afield and see Cerulean Warblers, Henslow's Sparrows, Upland Sandpipers, and our other birds. I hope to see you there, and if you have any questions about this conference, please let me know. 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]