Hello all, We're just days away from our Christmas Bird Count for Glen Helen, John Bryan State Park, Clifton Gorge, The Narrows Preserve, and all of the other important sites in Greene County. It would be great to have a few more observers on the count. Last year, our first official year with the new count circle, we found 5926 individual birds, representing 51 species. With your help, perhaps we can surpass that total??? Here are a few basic details on the gameplan for the count: Date: Saturday, December 17, 2011 Time: 8 am to 2 pm Start/Finish: 8 am Saturday, we'll have a quick orientation/planning meeting at Trailside Museum in Glen Helen (505 Corry St. in Yellow Springs). 2 pm, we'll return to Trailside for a tally rally. Please let me know if you'll be able to help. Regards, Nick Boutis -- Nick Boutis Director, Glen Helen Ecology Institute Antioch College 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 [log in to unmask] 937-769-1902 www.glenhelen.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]