One more plea for help on Christmas Count this weekend! Gypsum Friday, January 2, 2009 We still have areas that need to be covered. This count covers Pt. Clinton, Catawba Island, East Harbor State Park, Marblehead peninsula, Sandusky Bay, Medusa Marsh, Resthaven Wildlife Area, and Castalia. Plus it is unofficial so no $5 fee! Contact me if you can help. Meeting - 7:00 AM Big Boppers restaurant on Rte 163 east of East Harbor entrance and noon at Burger King in Pt. Clinton Carey Saturday - January 3, 2009 We still have areas that need to be covered. This count covers Springville Marsh State Nature Preserve, several quarries, Carey Wildlife area, and miles of open country. Plus it is unofficial so no $5 fee! Contact Rick Counts Ottawa NWR Sunday, January 4, 2009 We still have areas that need to be covered. This count covers Ottawa NWR, Magee Marsh Wildlife area, Metzger Marsh, Toussaint Wildlife area and miles of open country and lake front. This is an official count and there is a $5 fee for those over 18. The big plus is there is a lunch provided at the visitor center at noon for a small donation. Contact me if you can help! Meeting - 7:45 AM at "trail" parking lot and noon at visitor center. Fremont Saturday, January 3, 2009 Contact BSBO For those of you who like to attempt 100 species in January, these counts are a must. I typically finish these counts with 85-90 species and the counts combined totals are usually over 100 species. Forget football and get out of the house! -- 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]