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Naturally Speaking
co-sponsored by the
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
FREE evening seminar series held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. (through December 2008)
Presentations will last approximately an hour, and will be held at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. Learn more about the amazing natural resources we have here on the shores of Lake Erie, as well as about current conservation and wildlife management issues. Please feel free to contact Laura Bonneau at (419) 898-0014 if you have speaker or topic suggestions.
June 12: "Double-crested Cormorants: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Dave Sherman, Ohio Division of Wildlife
July 10: "Birding New Mexico" - Julie Shieldcastle, Black Swamp Bird Observatory
August 14: "Black Swamp Doctor" - John Jaeger, Toledo Metroparks
September 11: "Freshwater Mussels of Lake Erie" - Rick Bowers, Kent State University (followed by a field workshop on Sept. 12, 9 - 11 am)
October 9: "Nature Photography" - Sharon Cummings, Photographer
November 13: To be announced
December 11: "A Trip to the Galapagos" - Kenn and Kim Kaufman, Black Swamp Bird Observatory
