Two things to add/share: 1) Lake Erie Public Access Guide We've got 'em at Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) too. We're located at the entrance to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area and are currently open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. If we can't entice you to come out to BSBO, Magee Marsh, and Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge this weekend to pick up the guide, then see number 2). 2) Fall Migration It's definitely under way. While the numbers banded at our main research station (behind Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant, just a few miles east of Magee Marsh) were low overall yesterday, they still had seven species of warblers: Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, Canada, Mourning, Common Yellowthroat, and Ovenbird. We also had several migrants visiting the water feature at BSBO, including Magnolia, Wilson's, Yellow, and Nashville Warblers, and one lovely Veery. If you can tune out the din of hundreds of recently fledged American Goldfinches begging to be fed : ) BSBO's window on wildlife is a great place to watch for migrants. Oh, I almost forgot... Okay, three things to share! 2a) Most people consider some birds to be nonmigratory, like Northern Cardinals, for example. But, last fall we banded a Northern Cardinal at our main site behind Davis Besse, in Ottawa County, and get this, it was recaptured at another one of our research sites this spring -- at Shaker Lakes Nature Center near Cleveland! Not exactly the migration sensation of some terns and shorebirds, but not too shabby for a Cardinal, eh?! That's what I love so much about birds -- there's always something new to discover if we just go out and look! Even a bird as "common" as the Northern Cardinal still has some secrets to share. Thanks, Kimberly Kaufman Executive Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 www.bsbobird.org www.ohioyoungbirders.org www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.org Become a fan of BSBO on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/bsbobird Follow BSBO on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bsbobird ---------------------------------------- From: "John Pogacnik" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Erie Public Access Guide We are rapidly getting close to the fall migration of waterbirds along the Lake Erie shoreline. I just recently ran across a new publication put out by the ODNR Office of Coastal Management titled "Ohio's Lake Erie Public Access Guidebook". it is a 300+ page book listing all the public access sites in Ohio. It lists 164 access points and each site has its own map, address, and description of the site. I remember many a time watching a bird fly by and thinking it's heading in this direction, is there anywhere down the way to get a better look? This book will definitely help. Best of all it's free. Here is a link to the website. The website has PDF's of each site and lists where you can pick up a copy of the book. http://ohiodnr.com/Coastal_Main_Menu/Access/tabid/21033/Default.aspx John ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]