Historically the Gypsum Christmas Bird Count has been very good but not always run. It was started by Bob Crofts and Lou Campbell 40+ years ago. The count circle covers much of Sandusky Bay, Medusa Marsh, Castalia, Resthaven Wildlife area, Catawba Island, East Harbor State Park, and Marblehead peninsula. When Bob died 20 years ago, it ended. Several years ago, Vic Fazio started it up again. But now Vic has moved to Oklahoma and it has not been regular of late. Chris Ashley and I are going to try to revive it this year and keep it going. The date we have chosen is Friday, January 3, 2009. If you are interested in helping out, contact one of us. [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] PS: The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Christmas Bird Count is Sunday, January 4, 2009. Meet at the "trails" parking lot at 7:45 AM. Lunch is provided by the Friends group and staff for a small donation at the new visitor center. -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]