Ohio Birding & Nature
Programs, Field Trips & Events

SEPTEMBER 

Sunday, September 5
8 a.m.
Ottawa NWR Monthly Census Count
Meet in the Auto Tour entrance parking lot. 

Saturday, September 11, 2010
OYBC Field Trip
Birding in Wayne and Holmes Counties
We'll meet at 9:00 a.m. at Time & Optics Ltd., located at:
6954 County Road 77
Millersburg, OH 44654
330 674-0210
Registration required. Call 419 898-4070

FREE! Songbird Banding Programs at BSBO
Saturday, September 11, 25, & October 2, 9, 16
10 a.m.
Learn bird I.D. tips, while appreciating the conservation work of BSBO. Bring a camera for dazzling photos of close-up songbirds. Donations encouraged!

Saturday, September 11 at 9 a.m.
Hike the Dikes - A Walk on the Prairie
Meet at the Bird Center at Magee Marsh.
Walks last about 1 1/2 hours. 

Sunday, September 12, at 2 p.m.
Naturally Speaking – Program TBA
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
FREE! 

Friday, September 17, Saturday, September 18 & Sunday, September 19
Butterflies and Birds: A Celebration of Nature
BSBO Annual Banquet Celebration
Our Saturday evening banquet features Robert Michael Pyle as our keynote speaker. Widely hailed as "the father of butterfly-watching," Pyle founded the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, began the summer butterfly counts that have become so popular, and wrote the first true field guide to butterflies of North America. However, he is better known as a superb general naturalist and one of the world's finest nature writers. Author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of magazine essays, he has won legions of readers with his astute observations and lyrical prose style, and he excels as a master story teller in person as well. Bob's newest book, Mariposa Road, will be hot off the presses in September—please join us and be among the first to hear of his adventures in travel!  For registration details click here.

Saturday, September 18
Kenn Kaufman Shorebird ID Workshop and Education Fundraiser
OurGuest Inn & Suites
220 E. Perry Street, Port Clinton, Ohio
BSBO is proud to offer this amazing opportunity to learn from one of the country's leading bird experts! Kenn will take us step-by-step through the process of identifying those tricky—but spectacular—shorebirds. This workshop is for birders of all skill levels. Kenn has graciously donated his time, so all proceeds benefit BSBO's education programs.
For registration details click here.

Saturday, September 18
Self-guided Refuge Auto Tour
9 a.m. to 4. p.m.
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Visit areas of the refuge normally closed to the public. Remember to stop in the ONWR Visitor Center to enter your sightings at their nifty new eBird kiosk!  FREE! 
 

Saturday, October 2, 9 a.m.
Hike the Dikes - Waterfowl
Meet at the Bird Center at Magee Marsh.
Walks last about 1 1/2 hours.

Sunday, October 3, 8 a.m.
Ottawa NWR Monthly Census Count
Meet in the Auto Tour entrance parking lot. 

October 8, 9, & 10
Sixth Annual Ohio Ornithological Society Conference
Registration is open for the Sixth Annual Conference of the Ohio Ornithological Society, to be held the weekend of October 8 through 10, 2010. It will be centered at the Radisson Hotel in Eastlake, just east of Cleveland. Over the past six years, our conferences have attracted like-minded folks to gather, learn about birds and natural history, and have a great time. We invite you to join us near the shores of Lake Erie to learn about and explore fall migration and the rare birds of the Cleveland area, and get first hand details of the effects on our migrating birds in the Gulf. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, workshops and field trips, including a Lake Erie Pelagic Tour! Come join the fun and reunite with fellow birders and make new friends! All the details are here.

Sunday, October 10, 2 p.m.
Naturally Speaking - TBA
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 

Sunday, October 10, all day
Ohio Young Birders Club Big Sit
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Join OYBC members to help us count birds!
Bring a chair and your lunch!

Friday - Sunday
October 29 - 31
Inland Bird Banding Annual Meeting
Oak Harbor & Port Clinton
Hosted by Black Swamp Bird Observatory
For meeting and registration information, click here.
 

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