Hi all, I am a graduate student at The Ohio State University investigating factors limiting the threatened population of Black-crowned Night-Herons here in Ohio, and I am writing to solicit information regarding sightings of night-herons in the Lake Erie region. I am particularly interested in reports of groups of birds, but single sightings are also helpful. I will be following BCNH reports on ebird over the coming weeks, but you are welcome to send lists directly to my email as well ([log in to unmask]). Please include the number of birds and location of sighting (as specific as possible, GPS coordinates preferred) in your email. Any information is greatly appreciated, and feel free to contact me for more information on my research. Thanks for reading. Kristie Stein M.S. Student The Ohio State University [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]