Winter Membership Special!
The board of the Ohio Ornithological Society sends their warmest wishes of good birds during this holiday season and in the New Year! Now is the perfect time to be part of Ohio's Birding Network. We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to join or renew for a special limited-time offer.
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Midwest Birding Symposium Conservation
OOS Matches $10,000 for Conservation Funds Raised! During this year's Midwest Birding Symposium and through generous attendee participation, $12,388 was raised in fundraising efforts! The Ohio Ornithological Society was thrilled to MATCHED $10,000 of funds raised: the GRAND TOTAL to disperse to local, regional, and national conservation groups is $22,388!
Major thanks goes out to the Bird Watcher's Digest team for procuring raffle and auction items from sponsors, vendors, and patrons. Bird Watcher's Digest is written by birders and for birders, has been America's favorite magazine since 1978. BWD presents a special offer to Ohio birders: if you subscribe to Bird Watcher's Digest (BWD) today, then BWD will send our organization $10 for EVERY new subscription at $19.99.
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A Gathering of Wings: Conservation Bird by Bird 2012 Natural Areas Calendar
Produced by The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the 2012 Natural Areas Calendar showcases illustrations of bird species found in over 5,000 acres protected by the Museum's Natural Areas Program. Proceeds from sales of the calendar will be used for stewardship of Museum forest preserves. New deer enclosures will be erected in 2012 to protect understory shrubs in several forest preserves for the benefit of low-nesting birds, such as ovenbirds, hooded warblers, wood thrushes, hermit thrushes and winter wrens. The calendar costs only $12 (shipping/tax included).
Carbon Offset Bird Project
The Carbon Offset Bird Project was a huge success at MBS! The basic idea is to encourage birders to offset their use of fossil fuels while birding, by contributing to the purchase of habitat that will be preserved. Meadowbrook Marsh a Danbury Township park, near Lakeside. We are in the process of creating a COBP calculator for you to determine a contribution based on your travels across the state and beyond in search of rare birds!
Lake Erie Birding Trail
The Ohio Division of Wildlife officially opened the Lake Erie Birding Trail at East Harbor State Park at the Midwest Birding Symposium this September.
The LEBT covers the Ohio Lake Erie shoreline, from Conneaut to west of Toledo, with information on 84 birding hotspots stretching across 312 miles of Ohio shoreline. The website has details on access, parking, amenities, trails, and directions as well as information on rarities and finding secretive species.
