Hi All, Kim isn't kidding when she says that some of the trips are filling fast. I just clicked the link and registered for a couple of trips and workshops. Some are filled! I am really looking forward to the "Biggest week" Birdifully, Penny O'Connor -----Original Message----- >From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Jan 13, 2010 8:29 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Magee Marsh in May > >Hello Everyone, > >I've been planning to post this for some time now, but have been swamped >with grant writing and other fun things like that! ; ) I appreciate >Mindy's question to the ListServ this morning as it gave me the kick in the >seat I needed to post this announcement. > >A BIG birding event is planned in 2010 right in the peak of spring warbler >migration in the Lake Erie Marsh Region of Northwest Ohio. This inaugural >bird festival: “The Biggest Week in American Birding” is hosted by Black >Swamp Bird Observatory, Tropical Birding, Kaufman Field Guides, Ottawa >National Wildlife Refuge, and Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. This “birding >festival week” will be so jam-packed with workshops, warblers, free guided >activities, warblers, half day trips, keynote speakers, workshops, and more >warblers that it will have to be held over 11 days, from Thursday, May 6, >2010 through Sunday, May 16, 2010. > >Festival Activities Include: > >▪ Warbler and other songbird ID workshops >▪ "Woodcock Extravaganzas" to observe the extraordinary > displays of these woodland shorebirds >▪ Guided birding excursions to Kelleys Island, Ohio and Point > Pelee National Park, Ontario Canada >▪ Daily “warbler workouts” on the Magee Marsh boardwalk >▪ Daily visits to the neighboring Ottawa National Wildlife > Refuge, a local hotspot for waterbirds and warblers >▪ Multiple evening programs >▪ Guided bus tours to area birding hotspots for warblers >▪ Digiscoping workshops by optics experts in Magee Marsh > area locations >▪ Birding by ear workshops on warblers and other songbirds >▪ A number of presentations on world birding > > >On top of all of that, birding guru, Kenn Kaufman, and world-class birders >from Tropical Birding, will be presenting evening talks during the bird >festival on a variety of subjects over nine nights of the festival, >including a fascinating presentation on the intricately webbed story of >spring migration in the US. > > >All-in-all, this “week” is staged during Northwestern Ohio’s >“warbler migration madhouse” where the superlative warbler viewing >opportunities make it an idyllic setting. If warblers are not your thing, >then fear not as there will be many other varied birding opportunities in >the area too, and the festival-organizers will also be running an innovative >non-birder program to ensure spouses do not miss out on any of the fun >either. > >Here's a link to the festival website: >http://biggestweekinamericanbirding.com/ > >Spaces are filling up fast so register soon! > >Thanks, > >Kim Kaufman >Executive Director >Black Swamp Bird Observatory >13551 West State Route 2 >Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 >419-898-4070 >www.bsbobird.org > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Billingham, Mindy F." <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:58:54 -0500 >Subject: [Ohio-birds] Magee Marsh in May > > >Hello- > > > >I am hoping to head up to Magee Marsh in May for the big spring >migration. I had heard that the weekend of the 8th is the best but I >won't be able to make it then. I am trying to decide between the weekend >before and the weekend after. Does anyone have recommendations as to >which one is better? Is one better then the other? > > > >Thanks in advance! > >Mindy > > >______________________________________________________________________ > >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] > >______________________________________________________________________ > >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] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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