The 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is February 17 to 20, 2012.        Details here.

Hog Island Scholarship winner is an Oberlin High School science teacher!        More details here (scroll).

Keep up with the latest news from National Audubon here.

Educate yourself at the blog called The Perch; you can read about birds and make comments. Click here.

Lorain County Birding Hotspots info here        Volunteer Opportunities here!

                

Photos by Photographic Artist Diane Devereaux: Pelicans along the Appalachicola River in Florida

The Lorain Lighthouse, pictured in the index, was completed in 1917 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 (photo by J. Koscinski).