Yesterday, I went out to the BSBO Hawk Watch location on South Bass just 
when the rain and southwest wind really got started. There were only a few 
Turkey Vultures but did see some other interesting things. On the grounds 
of the South Bass Islands Lighthouse was a large mixed flock (approx. 200 
birds) of Red-winged Blackbirds, Commmon Grackles, and Starlings with at 
least ten Rusty Blackbirds mixed in. In an adjacent field, there was a 
large flock of American Robins, several Killdeer, and about 20 American 
Pipits.
The ice left the Bay yesterday morning (with some help from an airboat the 
day before.)Hooded Mergansers were in the pond. Lots of Red-breasted 
Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, and Bufflehead everywhere. Song, Chipping, 
and White-throated Sparrows in abundance.
Lisa Brohl

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