This cool, windy morning there were 2 American Bitterns at the Longbrake wetlands in eastern Hardin Co. Some shorebirds remain and the waterfowl variety is starting to increase. Highlights include: Canada Goose 135 Wood Duck 98 Gadwall 8 Am. Wigeon 13 Am. Black Duck 4 Mallard 284 Blue Winged Teal 79 N. Shoveler 11 N. Pintail 16 Green Winged Teal 325 Ring Necked Duck 1 Ruddy Duck 8 Pied Billed Grebe 8 AMERICAN BITTERN 2 N. Harrier 8 Cooper's Hawk 1 Am. Coot 245 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 9 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 STILT SANDPIPER 5 LONG BILLED DOWITCHER 6 Tree Swallow 125 Barn Swallow 2 Golden Crowned Kinglet 7 Ruby Crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow Rumped Warbler 12 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 43 Song Sparrow 88 LINCOLN'S SPARROW 4 Swamp Sparrow 89 White Throated Sparrow 14 White Crowned Sparrow 4 DARK EYED JUNCO 1 First of the fall E. Meadowlark 56 Rusty Blackbird 2 Rick Counts Wyandot Co. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS