Please join us on Tuesday, February 24, as we welcome Lisa Rainsong who will present Prelude to the Concert of Birdsong: Identifying the Singers. Learning bird songs can feel quite challenging at times, but there are ways to simplify what seems like an overwhelming number of options. Birds sing on different concerts stages, and not everyone sings at the same time. Once we know the choices, we can then approach the songs as music. Techniques used in ear training and music appreciation classes can provide valuable tools for identification of avian musicians and their repertoire. Lisa Rainsong holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a member of CIM's music theory faculty. A soprano as well as a teacher and composer, she sings with the professional early music ensemble Quire Cleveland. Lisa also earned a Naturalist Certificate from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where her study focused on field experience. She now teaches birdsong classes and does field recording of bird songs and insect songs. In addition, she does field research on crickets and katydids - research work that is done primarily by ear. Her recordings and photos can be found on her blog, <http://listeninginnature.blogspot.com/> Listening in Nature. 7:00 - 7:15 pm: CA Short Program: Dr Angelika Nelson will tell us about The Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - a Treasure Trove of Sound. The collection of recorded animal sounds at the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, started in 1948 by Donald J. Borror, is one of the oldest and most extensive sound collections in the world. It houses more than 42,000 recordings, mostly of birds but also of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, numerous insects -- and even a few fishes! The collection continues to grow through digitization of sound recordings obtained from scientists. The collection's holdings can even be searched online by the public. The Lab's sound collection is used by researchers and educators worldwide, as well as for commercial products such as cellphone ring tones and in movies. The lab has four audio CD productions available for purchase and several other CDs are available through the Ohio Division of Wildlife. 7:15 - 7:30 pm: Social time, light refreshments and try your hand at our creative Bird Quiz and win a nice prize 7:30 - 9:00 pm: Main program, drawing for 2 door prizes, be sure to get your ticket for the drawing at our registration table This Columbus Audubon programs is free and open to the public. Programs are held at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center ( <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=505+West+Whitti er+Street,+Columbus,+OH&sll=39.944182,-82.983339&sspn=0.010611,0.022638&g=50 5+East+Whittier+Street,+Columbus,+OH&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=505+W+Whittier+St,+Co lumbus,+Franklin,+Ohio+43215&ll=39.9513,-83.011408&spn=0.02122,0.045276&z=15 > 505 West Whittier Street in the Scioto-Audubon Metro Park on the Whittier Peninsula). We hope to see you there! Members and guests welcome. ______________________________________________________________________ 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]