Ohio Birders and OBBA enthusiasts: The Ohio Ornithological Society's annual meeting will be at Shawnee State Park and Forest, in southern Ohio, June 3-5. This area has some of the best early summer birding anywhere in the state, with a great variety of breeding species. Some 18 species of wood warblers breed at Shawnee and nearby areas. The focus of the OOS meeting will be the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II, now in its final field season. You'll learn that OBBA is accessible to birders of all experience levels and that atlasing is quite similar to the very popular Christmas Bird Count. It offers many of us a window to the lives of breeding birds and their fascinating behaviors. There will be many guided field trips to look for breeding birds, but as usual we'll keep an eye out for anything interesting...from plants to butterflies to herps. Joining us for the weekend will be special guest speaker, Ted Floyd, editor of Birding magazine and author of the Smithsonian Field Guide to Birds of North America. Ted will present a keynote talk on Saturday evening, "Birding at Night: The Final Frontier", and a Saturday afternoon workshop, "Bare-naked Birding: Clothing Optional, Binoculars Prohibited", where he'll focus on observing breeding bird behavior without binoculars (imagine that!). Don't miss this exciting event! For more info & registration forms, visit OOS's website: http://www.ohiobirds.org/ Hope to see you in Shawnee!! Paul Rodewald Paul G. Rodewald Director, Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, Ohio 43210-1085 Phone: 614-292-9795 Fax: 614-292-7432 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]