Purple Martin June 30, 9 am-2:30 pm Lakeview Park The Lorain County Metro Parks and Black River Audubon Society invite you to join them for a day-long event to celebrate Purple Martins at Lakeview Park in Lorain on Saturday, June 30 from 9 am until 2:30 pm. Guest speakers from The Purple Martin Conservation Association and the local Ohio Amish community will share their knowledge, experience, and expertise on how to establish successful purple martin colonies. There will also be bird house vendors, gourds, and other nesting structures to help get you started on your own purple martin colony!! Plus, all of the basics needed to attract birds to your backyard bird nesting habitat will be available. Speaker Schedule for the Purple Martin Symposium 10am - Keynote Speaker: John Tautin, Executive Director of the Purple Martin Conservation Association presents "Building Community for the conservation of Purple Martins" 11am - Workshop: Andy Troyer, Amish martin landlord presents "Being a Landlord for Purple Martins" 1pm - John Ryan, local bird enthusiast presents "So you 'Wanna Be' a Purple Martins Landlord" Vendors include: Purple Martin Association, Don Mould's, Bob Holland, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Andy Troyer and more! Be sure to check out our own Purple Martin colony located on the East beach at Lakeview Park! Our colony has been very successful rearing and fledging offspring! For more information about purple martins, volunteer opportunities, membership and programs visit www.blackriveraudubon.org or www.metroparks.cc ______________________________________________________________________ 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]