Longbrake's wetland is now owned by an attorney from Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Longbrake traded it for another parcel of land elsewhere in the state. When I talk to the new owner I'll fill everyone in on the birding status there. Even if we aren't allowed there to bird, this is a magnificent area which will provide good habitat for years to come; that is the most important thing I feel. Here is a partial list of what I saw this morning at this marvelous area: Canada Goose 45 Mute Swan 1 Wood Duck 4 Gadwall 10 Am. Wigeon 32 Am. Black Duck 14 Mallard 266 Blue Winged Teal 22 N. Shoveler 57 N. Pintail 88 Green Winged Teal 320 Canvasback 3 Redhead 4 Ring Necked Duck 101 Lesser Scaup 144 Bufflehead 33 Hooded Merganser 4 Ruddy Duck 39 Pied Billed Grebe 2 Horned Grebe 13 Great Blue Heron 4 Turkey Vulture 19 Bald Eagle 1 N. Harrier 3 Am. Coot 265 Am. Golden Plover 7 Killdeer 8 Pectoral Sandpiper 450 Snipe 1 Bonaparte's Gull 13 Ring Billed Gull 5 E. Screech Owl 1 E. Phoebe 1 Tree Swallow 36 Golden Crowned Kinglet 1 Am. Pipit 55 Am. Tree Sparrow 4 Field Sparrow 1 VESPER SPARROW 3 SAVANNAH SPARROW 7 Song Sparrow 32 Swamp Sparrow 2 White Crowned Sparrow 1 Lapland Longspur 280 E. Meadowlark 16 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. 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]