Hi all, On my copy of Jim's message, the link to the Columbus Audubon site came out wrong. Try this one for registration for the Waterfowl Symposium: http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438&Itemid=200 Bill Heck On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi all, > > > > On behalf of Columbus Audubon and the Ohio Ornithological Society, I want > to > announce an upcoming symposium focusing on waterfowl. The location will be > the wonderful, brand spanking new Grange Audubon Center in downtown > Columbus, Ohio, hard on the bank of the mighty Scioto River. This is a > gorgeous building and perfectly suited for such an event. > > The date of the main event is Saturday, February 27th. We've got a stellar > lineup of speakers, including: > > Jesse Barry and Chris Wood of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, speaking on > The Secret Life of Ducks and Saving Waterfowl with e-bird data; > > Paul Baicich on the importance of the Federal Duck Stamp and what it has > done to conserve waterfowl; > > Keith Lott presenting data on the most comprehensive aerial survey of Lake > Erie waterbirds ever done, which just wrapped up and produced some > fascinating results; > > Dr. Gwen Myers presenting the work that she has done with one of North > America's most fascinating ducks, the Spectacled Eider, which winters in > one > of the most inhospitable places on earth, open leads in the otherwise > frozen > Bering Sea; > > And there'll be more! > > A very special treat is our Saturday evening keynote speaker, all the way > from Iraq - Dr. Azzam Alwash, CEO of Nature Iraq, who will share a > fascinating program about his work to restore the marshlands of Iraq, and > their waterfowl. Alwash is fascinating and engaging - you won't want to > miss > him, or any of the others! > > Adding to the treats is a special Friday night performance, also at the > Grange Audubon Center, of the one and only Swinging Orangatangs, that wild > and wacky band straight out of Whipple, Ohio, fronted by Julie Zickefoose > and Bill Thompson. That'll be great fun, a good way to meet fellow birders > from here and there, hang out and have a great time. Be there or be square! > > Weather permitting, we'll have topnotch birders posted at the best local > patches for finding waterfowl on Sunday. If the thaw is underway, as it > often is by late February, open water areas in Central Ohio can have lots > of > fowl pushing on north. > > For the complete scoop, and to register, visit the OOS website at: > http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/waterfowl.php > > We also have a link to our partnering organization, Columbus Audubon, where > you can register online if you wish: > http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content > < > http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=art > icle&id=438&Itemid=200<http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=art%0Aicle&id=438&Itemid=200>> > &view=article&id=438&Itemid=200 > > Hope to see you there! > > 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] > -- Bill Heck ______________________________________________________________________ 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]