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Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s own Executive Director, Kimberly Kaufman, will welcome all to the Lake Erie Marsh Region--“The Warbler Capital of the World” at Friday evening’s reception. Join us for light refreshments and an exciting and enlightening presentation to kick off the 2010 Annual Meeting.
About Kimberly . . . |
An Ohio native with a lifelong love
of the outdoors, Kim Kaufman is the Executive Director of the Black
Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) in northwestern Ohio. As the former
Education Director for BSBO, Kim spearheaded the Observatory's
expanding educational programs, with a focus on programs for youth.
Her efforts also led to the formation of the Ohio Young Birders
Club, a growing statewide organization for teens. In addition to
her work in administration and education, Kim has taken part in many
research projects. She has spent hundreds of hours monitoring Bald
Eagle nests, banded colonial wading birds on West Sister Island, run
a MAPS banding station, taken part in butterfly and breeding bird
surveys, and banded many thousands of warblers and other songbirds
at the main BSBO study site on the Lake Erie shore. In addition to
her passion for birds and bird conservation, Kim also loves music. Kim
and her husband Kenn live in Oak Harbor, Ohio.