During the past 4 days, researches have leg banded and temporarily color-marked over 330 shorebirds in the southwest Lake Erie Marsh Region. All of these shorebirds have been marked YELLOW. This fall, more than 900 shorebirds have been captured and color-marked - have you seen any?! Birds captured at other sites in previous weeks have been marked BLUE and RED. If you spot any of these color-marked shorebirds, or have seen any in the previous few weeks, please send information about your sightings to [log in to unmask] Your reports will lead to an improved understanding of shorebird migration ecology and contribute to revising regional shorebird habitat conservation plans. More information about the research project is available on the Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s website: http://www.bsbo.org/pdf/Shorebird_Migration_Research_Form.pdf Thank you for your contributions to this research! Keith -- Keith A. Norris Graduate Associate School of Environment & Natural Resources The Ohio State University Project Website <http://twel.osu.edu/projects/Norris.html> [log in to unmask] 217.855.6324 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]