DISCOVER ISLAND NATURE “ISLANDS FOR THE BIRDS” Put-in-Bay, Ohio…. Would you like to see a Baltimore Oriole close up? View colorful warblers and learn their songs? Visit the new Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center? Join us for “Islands for the Birds”, on Sunday May 3, on Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island. This close up look at migratory songbirds is part of a new “Discover Island Nature” series of family oriented, hands on programs being offered by the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center. This first program will include bird-banding with Tom Bartlett, a bird walk at the Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve and a visit to the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center. The registration fee is $45/person and includes transportation once on the island and a snack lunch. This is a fundraiser for the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center. Register with an online application at _www.lakeerieislandsbsc.com_ () or by calling Valerie Mettler at 419-285-8301. Other programs offered this summer are “Caves of South Bass Island” on July 9, “Nature, Up Close and Personal” on July 17, and “Snakes of the Lake Erie Islands” on August 8. Register now as space is limited. The first program is only a week away! Lisa Brohl, Chair Lake Erie Islands Chapter Black Swamp Conservancy PO Box 461 Put-in-Bay, OH 43456 [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) 419-285-5811 _www.lakeerieislandsbsc.com_ (http://www.lakeerieislandsbsc.com/) **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]