On April 29th Paul Gardner, Secretary to the Ohio Bird Records Committee, wrote about the changes to the bird checklist. You can learn more about those changes, how (& why) the committee functions, some of the rare birds seen in Ohio and more when he speaks at the Canton Audubon Society on Wednesday, May 20. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Exploration Gateway, located at Sippo Lake, 5712 12th St NW, Canton. Meeting room downstairs. There will be a pre-meeting bird walk at 5:30 pm. Gather on the balcony, lakeside. All are welcome! If you have any questions, need directions or just want to tell us you are coming, contact me at this e-mail. Laura DornanCAS V. Pres. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]