Ohio birders, Please follow Ann's advice. The Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II is an enormous success gained through cooperation between professional scientists and citizen science participants, Ohio birders, many of YOU, united in effort through internet technologies. OBBAII professionals and participants deserve our united gratitude. Show your support, sponsor a species! You will help make the book less expensive for all. The atlas book will be a quality publication to ensure that it lands on birders' and enthusiasts' bookshelves, in libraries, in schools.... This book will power bird conservation through authoritative mapping of the status of breeding birds in Ohio, important baseline information for the future and comparative information for past distribution. Express your gratitude by sponsoring a species tonight, before it's too late. What better way to say thanks, other than by buying the book, of course! Tom Bain OOS Conservation Committee -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ann Oliver Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 6:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] LAST day (5/31) to sponsor/bid on an OBBA II species Hey folks, Tonight is the FINAL day to bid (sponsor) a species in the forthcoming Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II book. Species already SOLD (i.e. someone has already bid the max amount) include Green Heron, Bald Eagle, Eastern Whip-poor-will, Red-headed Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, and Cerulean Warbler. Here's the link to bid: http://ohiobirds.org/obba2/wordpress/?page_id=72 In case you don't know about this statewide project, sponsoring a species in the OBBA II book is a great way to lend your support to Ohio's birds, as well as contribute to getting this important book published. The Atlas, based on field work conducted from 2006 to 2011, will be the most comprehensive account of Ohio breeding birds to date. The OBBA II 'tome' will be a great resource, illustrated with photographs and maps, for any and all birders interested in Ohio's avifauna. Bidding on a species in the book supports Ohio's birds, PLUS, you can get your name, the name of your group or bird club, or the name of a loved one "in memoriam", in the publication! So, if YOU have a spark bird or a favorite species, won't you please, please, please consider making a "bid on a bird" tonight before midnight? Funds from this "species sponsorship" program will help offset the cost of printing the book, thereby making the OBBA II book affordable to more people! The OBBA II website says: "This species sponsorship program was created to help generate funds to lower the price of the published book for the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II (OBBA II). Field work for OBBA II was conducted from 2006 through 2011. This effort relied on the participation of bird enthusiasts to document the current distribution of breeding birds in Ohio. The Atlas provided an opportunity for anyone to contribute records of breeding birds from anywhere in Ohio between 2006 and 2011. This information is valuable and necessary to more effectively conserve bird populations. You can get more information on OBBA II by visiting our main website here: http://www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ The published Atlas will provide the most comprehensive account of Ohio breeding birds to date, and will be thoroughly illustrated with full color maps and photographs. State atlases like Ohio's can be fairly sizeable and expensive books, and thus our goal is to generate funds through a variety of sources (businesses, conservation organizations, and individuals) to lower printing and purchasing costs. We hope to make this important reference available and affordable to as many birders, nature enthusiasts, and Ohioans as possible (expected publication: 2013)." Ann Oliver Executive Secretary, Ohio Ornithological Society Editor, The Cerulean Newsletter (quarterly publication of OOS) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]