Ten days and counting... Your help is needed. Tell your friends. The Rusty Blackbird Blitz begins February 7, ending February 15. Go find those RUBL's! There have been two reports in central Ohio during the past week even though we are experiencing an unusually severe winter. All you need to know is found at the Blitz site url, including Blitz protocol, great collection of Rusty Blackbird images, and detailed information. Go here: http://tinyurl.com/cevo7w Scroll to the bottom of the url above to find images, data forms, etc. This is an effort to discover the most Rusty Blackbird localities, not a contest to see who finds the most Rusty Blackbirds. Expand your search beyond tried and true locations--report negetive results! Please breifly summarize your results for each field trip on this listserv to alert other Ohio birders about places visited and birds found. Summary: YOU enter your data using eBird. IMPORTANT: Enter your data whether or not you find Rusty Blackbirds--negetive data is very important! The Rusty Blackbird Blitz is not a CBC and not a winter bird atlas, just look for rusties and keep lists and data. All you need to know is found at the Blitz link, above. There are no territories assigned. It's OK if more than one team visits the same location. You are not required to submit the Blitz form, or even to use the form if you don't need it (It's meant to make data collection easier and more uniform). Please use the "Traveling Count" method described at the Blitz URL and at eBird. eBird will post updated RUBL information February 4. Reply privately if you have questions. Tom Bain Ohio Coordinator Rusty Blackbird 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]