All are welcome, hope to see you at DCBC meetings! DELAWARE COUNTY BIRD CLUB PROGRAM LINE-UP The Delaware County Bird Club meetings and program presentations take place on the fourth Monday of each month, September through April, except in November and December when they are held on alternate days to accommodate the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Meetings are held in the lodge at Deer Haven Preserve at 4183 Liberty Road, Delaware OH, 43015. Doors open at the new time of 6:30 PM and programs begin at 7:00 PM and will be followed by reports of local bird sightings and socializing. Meeting dates can also be found on the Preservation Parks Calendar at this link: http://www.preservationparks.com/events-calendar/ November 14th: "Common Ground Across Diverse Groups Makes a Difference" - Michelle Shinew, Community Service Coordinator, Friends of the Sawmill Wetlands. Michelle will be sharing work highlights and the current status of this hidden flourishing jewel surrounded by a concrete jungle. The Friends have been given top awards for their conservation work, wetlands advocacy and educational programs. They were the 2013 Ohio Environmental Council winner of the Conservation Achievement Award and in 2015 the Natural Resource Defense Council selected their story to develop a highlight video about what can be done locally with the Clean Water Rule. After 30 years as a Corporate Human Resources Leader, Michelle has worked to serve her community and save natural areas in their neighborhood. She's a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Education and The Ohio State University in Higher Education Administration/Adult Education. This past summer she fulfilled a dream to live and work in the Tetons. It was an opportunity to network with people doing similar work to her partners here and an extraordinary place to spend time in. She looks forward to sharing how she became an "accidental environmentalist" and what she's learned. December 12th: "Delaware Reservoir Christmas Bird Count Overview" - Dr. Rich Bradley, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University. SAVE THE DATE for 117th Christmas Bird Count CENTRAL OHIO CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS - contact your local CBC compiler to help their conservation efforts! December 17th, 2016 - Hoover Reservoir CBC Contact: Lee McBride [log in to unmask] December 18th, 2016 - Delaware Reservoir CBC Contact: Rich Bradley [log in to unmask] December 18th, 2016 - Columbus CBC Contact: Rob Thorn [log in to unmask] 614.471.3051 December 31st, 2016 - O'Shaughnessy Reservoir CBC Contact: Darlene Sillick [log in to unmask] 614.288.3696 January 1st, 2017 - Killdeer Plains CBC Contact: Ed Lux [log in to unmask] January 1st, 2017 - Kingston CBC Contact: Brad Sparks [log in to unmask] 614.751.6622 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]