Celebrate Urban Birds
with WCAS and the
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Help Gulf Oil Spill
birds without leaving Ohio
Copied from the
Song Sparrow, July-August 2010,
newsletter
of Columbus Audubon Society/Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Audubon is
working closely with the government, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and
other organizations to respond to the massive oil leak in the Gulf of
Mexico. Hundreds of volunteers from local Audubon chapters in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and other areas that may be affected have volunteered
to assist in monitoring and cleanup efforts.
To find links to all of these sources and more, start at the Columbus
Audubon site (http://columbusaudubon.org/)
[or the Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society site (http://www.wcasohio.org]
, or go directly to the national Audubon site (http://audubon.org).
While we all
want to help, Audubon urges you to volunteer and participate though
coordinated, organizational efforts, such as the Audubon volunteer campaign.
At this time, there is only so much that volumeers can do. Simply showing up
in an affected area is not productive. Well-meaning efforts to help may
cause more harm than good to nesting birds and wildlife habitats, and
untrained volunteers may be exposed to dangerous chemicals and other
hazards.
It
is even more
dfficult to know what to do because so many people have so many suggestions.
While well-intentioned. many ideas that have been raised are based on
incomplete knowledge of the situation, failure to appreciate
interconnections and unintended consequences, and even a lack of
understanding of basic science. Audubon has the resources to evaluate
solutions and choose appropriate ones, even if the best available measures
are not as dramatic as some proposed in various media outlets.
So please register, make a contribution, follow Audubon’s efforts, and be
prepared to help when the time is right.
CELEBRATE URBAN BIRDS WITH WCAS AND THE
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
2010 Auto Tours
The entrance gate is open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The exit gate closes a 5:30 pm.
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Auto Tour dates for 2010
2010 Auto Tour Dates
•
January 16•February 20
•March 20
•April 17
•May 8 &15
•June 19
•July 17
•August 21
•September 18
For more information call (419) 898-0014 or visit www.fws.gov/midwest/ottawa. The Ottawa National Wildlife Refue entrance is located 15 miles east of Toledo at 14000 West State Route 2, Oak Harbor, Ohio. For map click here.
Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II (2006-2010)
Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II,is a joint project of the Ohio State University and Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife. Ohio's second atlas project will provide an exciting way to learn about the breeding birds of the state, while contributing valuable information for the conservation of Ohio's birds. Ohio contains an amazing amount of avian diversity and a primary goal of atlases is to document this diversity. Unlike Ohio's first breeding bird atlas project, the second atlas will survey all 4584 atlas blocks in Ohio. This will help us to better survey rare and uncommon species, including those that are unevenly distributed across the state. It also means that there is plenty of opportunity for you to participate, whether you want to venture into more remote parts of the state, or simply survey in your own backyard!
The Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II is coordinated by the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife. Principle investigators for the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II are Paul Rodewald (OSU) and Scott Hull (Division of Wildlife), and Aaron Boone (OSU) is the atlas coordinator. Additional assistance comes from Audubon Ohio, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and Ohio Ornithological Society, with other advisors including Dan Brauning (Pennsylvania Game Commission), and John Castrale (Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife).
We will be happy to answer any questions that you might have concerning this atlas; please contact us by email (boone.70@osu.edu) or phone (614-247-6458). Please direct mail correspondence to Aaron Boone, School of Environment & Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43201.
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