Dear Ohio Birders: March 30, 2008 1:00 - 4:00 PM held at Rocky River Nature Center Rocky River Important Bird Area Celebration Presented by Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society Learn about citizen science projects in which you can participate in including surveys of forest breeding birds, owls, plant, amphibians and more! Family crafts and short presentations on the hour will round out our celebration of the Rocky River Important Bird Area. This is year three of a continuing project. Come join us and have fun. For directions and other details see http://www.wcasohio.org/rocky_river_iba.htm APRIL PROGRAM held at Rocky River Nature Center Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 PM The Rocky River Important Bird Area project has been underway for two years. Bird surveys began the first year with many WCAS volunteers, now vegetation surveys, vernal pool monitoring and more has been happening to assess the health of the Rocky River watershed's habitats. Tom Romito, president of WCAS and champion of the project, will update us on what has been found thus far, how everyone in the Rocky River watershed can be involved AND plans for the 2008 season in the program, "The Rocky River: It's for the Birds". Program directions at http://www.wcasohio.org/Programs.htm APRIL FIELDTRIP In April & May, Be sure to join Audubon Spring Bird Walks. See above. To see a complete listing of all the walks click on this link. Sunday Audubon bird walks <http://www.wcasohio.org/spring_bird_walks.htm> . The Spring Bird Walks will occur on the last three Sundays in April and the first 3 Sundays in May. Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8:00 AM Chris Grames, Chief of Natural Resources in Lorain County Metroparks and our own Terri Martincic will be our field trip leaders. Birds and Botany at Bacon Woods. Lorain County, OH. We will join the Native Plant Society in a joint trip to Bacon Woods, for an amazing display of spring wildflowers and migrating songbirds, including the Cerulean warbler. We'll have the pleasure to pull a few garlic mustard invasives along the way. Pot luck picnic afterwards, bring a dish to share. For field trips directions and maps see http://www.wcasohio.org/Field_Trips.htm WEEDERS IN THE WILD April 13 and 27, 2008. WCAS's Weeders in the Wild will meet to pull alien invasive plants. It's a great opportunity to get a little birding in too. The events will take place at Wendtwood and Bacon Woods, respectively. For more details see http://www.wcasohio.org/weeders_in_the_wild.htm Mary Anne Romito www.wcasohio.org <http://www.wcasohio.org/> ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]