This message is being posted on behalf of Julie Shieldcastle whose "Dial-Up Gremlins" are making it impossible for her to post... Hello All, With all the warm south winds most people have left the marsh region to the birds. This may be a reason to keep on the look out. The Black Swamp Bird Observatory Songbird Migration Monitoring station caught its first ever Northern Shrike in the mist nets at the Navarre Marsh unit of Ottawa NWR. The bird was captured Monday morning and released after banding, measurements, and pictures were taken. The full story, including a photo, can be viewed on the BSBO website _www.bsbobird.org_ (http://www.bsbobird.org/) by clicking on the Bander’s Blog button. The station captured a Loggerhead this past May and yesterday the Northern Shrike. The banding station is on private First Energy property but if the birds are around they can be seen anywhere in the marsh region around Magee Marsh Wildlife Area/ Ottawa NWR/ Crane Creek State Park. The winds had been out of the South for over a week but there are still interesting birds around. Just goes to prove that the more you are out---the more you will see! This cold front hopefully will bring in other new birds. Enjoy the Season, Julie Shieldcastle Black Swamp Bird Observatory Oak Harbor, Ohio ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]