FYI, this morning (Friday May 8th) we're having an excellent movement of
migrants in the vicinity of Magee Marsh, Ottawa NWR, and nearby areas of
northwest Ohio.  Total numbers are hard to convey, of course, but while
standing in just ONE spot near the entrance to the boardwalk at Magee this
morning for just 20 minutes I saw 13 species of warblers (well over 100
individuals) plus Orchard Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, Veery, Lincoln's
Sparrow, dozens of White-throated Sparrows, et ceterea.  In the space of a
couple of hours of wandering around, I was never in a spot with no migrants
visible, and I saw / heard more than 20 warbler species and a few thousand
individual migrants.  In addition to the birds that had arrived overnight,
there was a good diurnal movement going on as well, with hundreds of Blue
Jays and smaller numbers of waxwings, goldfinches, Bobolinks, etc., plus a
couple of flyover Red-headed Woodpeckers.  It will be many hours before we
know the total diversity present today, but I wanted to get the word out
that things were happening, in case anyone can take advantage of the news.

With the odd weather this week, it has been a challenge to try to predict
the next fallout (see the predictions available through
http://www.bsbo.org/Birding/  -- and even last night, with all the rain to
the south of us, I was wondering if the migrants were going to make it.  But
they did, and today is a great day, so it's worthwhile getting out to the
lakeshore migrant spots if you can.

Kenn Kaufman
Oak Harbor, OH

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