Lakeside, Ohio is THE place to be the last weekend in September, for the Ohio Ornithological Society’s Eighth Annual Conference and Shorebird Extravaganza, for both birds and birders. Registration is now open for the Sept 28-30 event: www.ohiobirds.org. Kevin Karlson, famed photographer and co-author of The Shorebird Guide, is our Saturday keynote speaker. He’ll present a shorebird ID class on Saturday at Ottawa NWR, then lead an afternoon group field trip at the refuge. On Sunday, he’ll present a small photography workshop (limited space). Karlson’s new book, Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird and Nature Photography, is set to be released this summer. Plus, Friday evening, we’ll hear from a superb young birder, Lukas Padegamis, who spent part of last summer volunteering with the Arctic Shorebird Network in Alaska. Keeping with the “shorebird” theme, OOS will have a Saturday night screening of the movie “Epic Journeys: Tracking the Migrations of Shorebirds in the Western Hemisphere” by Shawn Carey and Jim Grady. The monumental migration challenges faced by Red Knot, Piping Plover, and Semipalmated Sandpiper are highlighted in this inspirational film. Lakeside has a generous offer for OOS members attending the conference! Reserve a hotel room at the Fountain Inn or Hotel Lakeside for $10 off the current rate per night for the weekend of September 28-30. This is an “online only” reservation rate. Go to: http://www.lakesideohio.com / and click the tab “Staying At Lakeside”. Please enter the event code “shorebirds” in the field provided. See the OOS website for registration details (www.ohiobirds.org). Ann Oliver 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]