In the area of Magee Marsh and other migrant traps on the lakeshore in n.w. Ohio, there was a fair amount of turnover with the southwest winds last Friday night, and decent numbers of birds were around on Saturday the 19th. We actually had a more concentrated variety of migrants at Pipe Creek Wildlife Area, Sandusky, than we did at Magee Marsh, but our visits to both areas were brief so these impressions could be deceiving. Many of the birds apparently left Saturday night, and by today (Monday the 21st) the numbers of birds at the boardwalk at Magee were relatively low. There was still good diversity, and multiples of some of the late-season migrants such as Mourning, Canada, Blackpoll, Tennessee, and Wilson's Warblers, plus Willow, Alder, and Least Flycatchers and a scattering of others. I actually saw five Ruby-crowned Kinglets, after failing to see any here on some days last week. Currently the winds in this area are light out of the east, but predictions call for them to swing to east-southeast tomorrow (Tuesday 5/22) and then to the south by Wednesday night, with very warm temperatures. I would guess that numbers of migrants at the lakeshore spots will pick up somewhat on Wednesday and then substantially more on Thursday. This is prime time for Connecticut Warblers and there will undoubtedly be some at Magee and Ottawa and East Harbor and Maumee Bay and Pipe Creek on Thursday, although whether or not we actually get to see these skulkers is a separate question! South or southwest winds should continue through Thursday night so Friday may be even better, and then the winds are supposed to swing to the north on Friday, and I suspect that those conditions will keep a lot of migrants around through at least the first part of the weekend. Kenn Kaufman Rocky Ridge, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]