I just got off the phone with Levi Hochstetler who asked that I post the totals of the hawk count that he and a group of friends had at Conneaut yesterday (Monday, April 23). The group included Ed Schlabach, who is certainly one of Ohio's premier hawk watchers. They had an incredible day, in addition to the 2 Swainson's reported to the listserv yesterday. Some of these totals are likely single day state records: 22 osprey 1 bald eagle 27 northern harrier 2 Swainson's hawk 2,323 broad-winged hawk 578 sharp-shinned hawk 19 Cooper's hawk 53 red-tailed hawk 7 red-shouldered hawk 27 American kestrel 3 merlin The majority of the broad-wings were sighted before 11:00 a.m., and the first was seen around 7:20 a.m. while they were still on the road. Gabe Hostetler Wooster --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]