We are coming to Ohio on May 4 for your birding festival. We've never been to Ohio, Michigan, or Ontario before. We will be staying one week, and for a brief excursion, might skirt around the lake, trying to avoid Detroit, and going to Point Pelee. Any suggestions for funky, birder-friendly places to stay would be appreciated. (Last year we went to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas and stayed at the Alamo Inn near the Santa Ana Refuge, so if any of you have been there, that's the kind of place we're looking for - low key, homey, a place with a kitchen.) Also, which airport would be best to fly to? We know about Magee Marsh. Other recommendations? Local birding books? Maps? Please answer privately. Hope to meet some of you at the festival. Mary Reese & Jim Allen Portland, Oregon [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]