Those interested in ornithology in general and in the birdlife of Lake Erie will be saddened to learn that Alan Wormington passed away in Ontario yesterday. He educated birders everywhere in the region, and helped me in many ways to understand our birds, His intimate local knowledge of Point Pelee--just a few miles across Lake Erie--helped us to know better birds who care not in which country they spread their wings. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]