January 23rd: "Birding at Green Lawn Cemetery", Randel Rogers, Board Member, Green Lawn Cemetery. Green Lawn Board Member Randy Rogers will tell the story of one of Ohio's most historically important cemeteries with an emphasis on its importance to birders as part of an Audubon Important Bird Area. We will learn about its genesis as a "rural" cemetery, the naturalists buried there, and how the cemetery is being managed to provide enhanced bird habitat. Randy Rogers is a retired Army National Guard officer with a B.S. in Recreation Studies from Ohio University. He is the Vice President of the Ohio Ornithological Society and Cedar Bog Association and has been the Chair of the Grounds and Historic Preservation Committee at Green Lawn for three years. He is also a part-time park ranger with Franklin County Metro Parks. Here is a quick overview of the 2017 programs which end in April and start back up in September. Thanks! Jan 23 is Randy Rogers "Birding at Green Lawn Cemetery" Feb 27 is Dr Jackie Augustine "Home on the Range: The biology and breeding behaviors of prairie-chickens" March 27, Bryan Sharp "Dr. Burtt's Alexander Wilson." And let's make it a tribute to Jed night. Please wear a bird tie or bird scarf or bird pin or bird hat in tribute to Dr. Jed Burtt. April 24, John Watts "Birds of Hocking Hills". 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/ We hope you will join us. Darlene Sillick Co-program chair ______________________________________________________________________ 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]