In the area of the boardwalk at Magee Marsh, plus nearby areas of Ottawa
National Wildlife Refuge, the status of the migration today (Thursday May
10) was about as expected: numbers had dropped from yesterday's huge peak,
but there was still excellent variety.  I was mostly birding other areas
this morning so I was only at the boardwalk itself for a little over an
hour, but I saw or heard 23 warbler species there and heard solid reports of
five others.  There was some turnover evident, with fewer thrushes and
White-throated Sparrows around but more Wilson's Warblers than yesterday;
but otherwise the species composition seemed similar, with very large
numbers of Magnolia and Chestnut-sided Warblers and somewhat fewer
Bay-breasted Warblers, and a good sprinkling of other things.  More Eastern
Kingbirds and other flycatchers seemed to have come in, and I saw a number
of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos in the general area.

It appears that the winds will be light out of the northeast or north for
the next few days so I don't expect another big influx of migrants soon.
The numbers at the lakeshore migrant traps will probably drop off some more
before the weekend.  However, I hope this won't discourage anyone from
coming out!  The "leftovers" from this wave should linger, and should make
for excellent variety and wonderful birding for the next several days.

Kenn Kaufman
Rocky Ridge, Ohio

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