For the participants of the Shreve Migration Sensation, this is the report (that never made it back to the school where the talks were presented) for the birds seen at the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area DOW Observation Tower between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with a few additions for additional numbers seen from SR 95 only. Observation conditions: fairly good to ideal after the fog lifted circa 9 a.m. Any additions seen on Saturday March 24th on the Wildlife Area would be appreciated (either numbers or species). Please send to me off list. The numbers in the "Binoculars" column were observations that could be counted/identified with a birder of average experience with a good pair of 7x binoculars. The Telescope only column (additional numbers) would require the use of a moderately good spotting scope of 20x or greater to have identified. The Rt. 95 column includes additional numbers (and species if not seen from the tower). Common Name Binoculars Telescope only Rt. 95 Only Canada Goose 20 10 50 Mute Swan 3 Tundra Swan 100 Wood Duck 4 Gadwall 4 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 5 50 200 American Black Duck 5 45 50 Mallard 10 40 Blue-winged Teal 6 Northern Shoveler 4 4 Northern Pintail 10 40 Green-winged Teal 4 Canvasback 15 20 Redhead 20 Ring-necked Duck 200 1800 Lesser Scaup 5 195 Bufflehead 5 5 Common Goldeneye 1 Hooded Merganser 10 10 Ruddy Duck 5 Unidentified Ducks: about 50% divers 1000 and counting Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 Double-crested Cormorant 75 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 2 10 Bald Eagle 1 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 American Kestrel 1 American Coot 80 20 Sandhill Crane 10 Bonaparte's Gull 30 Ring-billed Gull 15 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 20 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 5 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 30 House Sparrow 2 Other vertebrates and critters. Butterfly - possibly Mourning Cloak Leopard Frog - heard Spring Peepers - heard Painted Turtles - seen Muskrat - seen Roger Troutman ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]