Tuesday October 25 - CA Short Program - Mike Flynn will give a talk on waterfowl, "Is it a Dabbler or a Diver?" Kim Graham will have his photographs from the Metro Parks on display. Kim has special permission to be in the parks at special times and in special places to document happenings for publications for Metro Parks. John O'Meara will be our main speaker. John is the Executive Director of the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. The work he has done in our parks since he arrived in 1998 has been totally amazing. His talk is titled 'Metro Parks: Build It and They Will Come'. And wait till you see the door prizes!! Columbus Audubon, with over 3,000 members, is one of the largest local Audubon chapters in the nation. Columbus Audubon offers a variety of opportunities for members and other nature enthusiasts to learn about and enjoy all wildlife with an emphasis on birds. We meet at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center in the Scioto-Audubon Metro Park 505 West Whittier Street, Columbus, OH 43215 Monthly Meetings Begin at 7 p.m. Free monthly meetings include a short program followed by a main speaker. There is also time to socialize with others with similar interests. 7:00 p.m. Short Program: 15-minute 'special topic' nature talk 7:15 p.m. Refreshments & Door Prizes 7:30 p.m. Main Speaker 2011 -12 Columbus Audubon Program Schedule OCTOBER 25, 2011 Metro Parks: Build It and They Will Come John O'Meara, Executive Director of Metro Parks NOVEMBER 22, 2011 Birding the Ice Trucker Highway in Alaska Dave Russell, Professor, Miami University Jill Russell, Professor, College of Mt. St. Joseph JANUARY 24, 2012 Climate Change: Truths and Myths Lonnie Thompson, Geologist & Research Scientist, OSU Byrd Research Center FEBRUARY 28, 2012 Stories of My Past, Present & Future Richard Crossley, Birder, Photographer, Author of The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds No short program this month. MARCH 27, 2012 Last Migration: Sneak Preview of an Unwritten Book Kenn Kaufman, World-Renowned Birder & Author of Kaufman Field Guides Join us at 6:00 p.m. for our annual potluck before the program. Bring a covered dish and place setting. APRIL 24, 2012 Wildflowers of North America David Brandenburg,The Dawes Arboretum Botanist & Author of The National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America MAY 22, 2012 Warblers and Late Migrants 101 Tom Sheley, Birder & Co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited, Riverside Drive ______________________________________________________________________ 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]