Calling all birders, The Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz is 01/29/2011--02/13/2011 The blitz information post at eBird offers incredible digital images of Rusty Blackbirds. Check them out! http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/rubl-survey-2010 Previous post: The Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz, January 29 through February 13, needs your help. Don't wait, enter your Rusty Blackbird sightings along with all your bird sightings at eBird. Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz details, everything you need to know, is posted here: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/rubl-survey-2010. Please review the additional observation details requested of participants. A PDF of the official field data form is located near the end of the entry at the link above. Recent data analysis suggests these white-eyed wonders suffered an 88% decline during the last four decades! Please help gather basic winter range and habitat data through your participation is this third annual Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz. Help Ohio regain 1st place among reporting state (we were first during the first blitz, 2009). Please reply if you need more information or encouragement! Tom Bain Ohio Coordinator 2011 Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz ______________________________________________________________________ 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]