We look forward to seeing members and guests at the Delaware County Bird Club meetings and program presentations which take place on the fourth Monday of each month, September through April except for December when the meeting falls on Dec. 10 prior to the Delaware Christmas Bird Count. Please join us in the City of Delaware at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Schimmel- Conrades Science Center, Room 163. Conversation and refreshments begin at 7:00 PM; the meetings and programs start at 7:30 PM. Parking is available next to the Selby Stadium on the east side of Henry Street and in the lot south of the Science Center next to Branch Rickey Arena. We hope to see you there! Darlene Sillick DCBC Program Chair Amanda Conover, Program Coordinator, for the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative will talk about the Lights Out Columbus initiative and share information about the work of OBCI. Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate through Columbus on their way to or from their breeding grounds. Many birds migrate at night, and lights on tall buildings or aimed at the sky disorient them and draw them into the buildings. This causes many birds to strike windows or circle buildings until they fall from exhaustion. Lights Out programs provide an opportunity to reduce the number of collision-related kills, and have been successful in a number of cities across the U.S., including Chicago, New York, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis. This year, Columbus will initiate its own Lights Out program thanks to a partnership led by the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative and the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. In this short program, Amanda Conover, Program Coordinator for the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative will describe the potential benefits of a Lights Out program for Columbus, and share the results of a volunteer-based monitoring program for bird collisions with buildings in downtown Columbus during spring 2012. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]