Hi all, I wanted to make interested parties aware of an event - yes, it is at least partially bird-related - on February 28, 2009 at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Then and there, a special mini-symposium will be held exploring the life of Mark Catesby, one of 18th century North America's premier naturalists and artists. Featured will be a film by Cynthia Neal and David Elliot about Catesby's life and accomplishments, along with other talks about this great naturalist and illustrator. Catesby was an outstanding illustrator and inveterate explorer, and his paintings of birds are excellent. This event was organized by the Lloyd Library and Museum, and the Ohio Ornithological Society is one of the sponsors. For more information, go here: http://www.ohiobirds.org/ Jim McCormac 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]