There is a bird festival in ND in the summer sometime. I lived in NE for a couple of years and found it sort of....ticky, as in ticks <shudder>. All I've heard is that ND is probably even worse. One pilot I knew who had been stationed there said the number of ticks was incredible. Anyone who has ever been birding there and willing to share their experiences, tick or otherwise, please email direct. Thank you, Marie, Fairborn OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]