Attention Ohio birders and CBC organizers, Christmas Bird Counts begin just a few days from today. Teams will canvas Ohio count circles for birds of all stripes, and many wetlands will be visited. Look carefully for Rusty Blackbirds everywhere, particularly in wooded wetlands and wetlands with woodlot margins! Rusties are often overlooked. Rusties spend a lot of time out of sight turning leaves and debris along the feathered edge of brushy wetlands. CBC organizers! Talk-up the upcoming Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz. Encourage birders to check potential hotspots February 7-15. Report rusties on eBird whenever you find them! eBird will post observation protocols for the blitz soon. Tom Bain Ohio Coordinator Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz ______________________________________________________________________ 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]