Time: February 7, 2009 from 10:30am to 5pm Location: Castalia Pond Event Type: field trip Organized By: John Sawvel, OYBC Membership Coordinator OYBC Joins Canton Audubon Society at Castalia Pond To get directions please go to the Ohio Young Birders Club website at www.ohioyoungbirders.org <http://www.ohioyoungbirders.org/> . Time: 10:30 AM at Castalia Pond or 7:30 AM at Wildlife Garden, 4930 Portage, North Canton to carpool. Sponsor: Canton Audubon Society Castalia Pond is approximately 10 acres large and is a "blue hole", a spring that stays open year-around attracting large concentrations of waterfowl after the freeze-up of the Sandusky Bay. Leaders: Members of the Canton Audubon Society Target species: Waterfowl Transportation: On your own Please contact Laura at 330-875-3421 if you plan on carpooling. Castalia is just 3 miles off SR-2 in Erie County. Traveling on SR-2, from the east, take the SR-101 exit and drive south 3 miles into Castalia. This brings you directly to the north side of the pond and also to one of the two parking areas. From the west, on SR-2, take the SR-269 SOUTH exit (the first one available once across the Sandusky Bay bridge), and head south (a right onto SR-269). In 2 miles, take a right onto SR-6. In less than a mile turn left at the sign for Castalia. This brings you into town and from this stop light, a left turn will take you to the north side of the pond, or continue straight through the light and make the first left (at the bank). This will take you to a parking area on the south side of the pond. Meet here at 10:30 AM. Christopher J. Knoll Education Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Phone: 419-898-4070 Fax: 419-898-1363 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]