Join you fellow OOS members at our annual meeting at the Gorman Nature Center 2295 Lexington Ave. Mansfield, OH. 44907 on November 7, 2015! Make it a full day with field trips in the Mansfield-Mohican area, or just enjoy the dinner, speaker and our annual elections. All Field trips leave from the Gorman Nature Center: 1) Gorman Nature Center: 7:00 a.m. Meet at GNC for a morning bird walk for resident and late migrant species, followed by breakfast at a local restaurant. 2) Clearfork Reservoir: 10:00 a.m. Meet at GNC and then carpool to Clearfork Reservoir. Clearfork Reservoir sits at one of the highest points in Richland County and it is a fall magnet for migrating waterfowl and gulls. A good, fall day at Clearfork can result in 20+ species of waterfowl, including loons, grebes and scoters. Resident Bald Eagles and Osprey may still be lingering in the area and should be seen. Clearfork is also becoming famous as an inland site for Lesser Black-backed and white-winged gulls. In the fall and early winter, large concentrations of gulls gather each evening near the dam at Clearfork, including good numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Lunch on your own... 3) Mohican State Park & Forest: 1:30 p.m. Meet at GNC and then carpool to Mohican. We will explore the various habitats at Mohican looking for resident and migrant species. 4) Clearfork Reservoir: 5:00 p.m. Meet at GNC and carpool to Clearfork Reservoir to see the masses of gulls as they come to roost for the evening on the water near the dam. We will look for specialty gulls including Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Plenty of opportunities to look for waterfowl while we wait for the gulls. Evening Schedule: 5:30 - Guided tour of Gorman Nature Center grounds for early arrivals 6:00 - Arrive at Nature Center 6:30 - Welcome and dinner buffet 7:15 - OOS board of directors election 7:30 - Speaker Steve McKee Cost for the evening including dinner - $35 (field trips are free) To register: http://www.ohiobirds.org/docs/OOSANN.pdf OR open the attachment on this email. Print registration form and send to: OOS PO Box 2432 Westerville, OH 43086 Deadline to register is Nov. 1, 2015 Questions: [log in to unmask] Julie Davis OOS president ______________________________________________________________________ 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]