I was on Kelleys Island from Thursday, November 15 through Sunday, November 18. I have reported on the census date of the 17th. In addition, several other observations of note were made. Surf Scoter - an immature bird has been hanging around the ferry dock since November 6 and was still present on November 18. Long-tailed Duck - several were shot by duck hunters on Thursday (11/15)and Friday (11/16) but I never observed any along the island shoreline. Sandhill Crane - Lee and Sandy Tkach had a flock of 40+ birds flying over the island on Wednesday, November 14. Northern Saw-whet Owl - only one banded on Friday night (11/16) but it brings the total banded on Kelleys this fall to 42 with only 6 nights of banding. Off the 4 saw-whet banding sites currently running in Ohio, the number of banded owls is over 150 birds. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 observed November 18. American Pipit - several observed daily flying across the island (except for 11/17 - census day) White-winged Crossbill - Friday, November 16, a flock of 15+ were heard and observed flying across Long Point at about 8:00 AM. Large numbers of sparrows and blackbirds moved onto the island with Saturday nights front. Pat Hayes had American Tree, Chipping, Fox, White-throated, White-crowned, and Dark-eyed Junco at his feeders on Sunday morning. Along with them were hundreds of Red-winged and Rusty Blackbirds, Common Grackle, and Brown-headed Cowbirds. Also noted is the absence of Great Black-backed Gulls around the island. Usually by November there are numerous birds of various ages. Over the last few days only one adult was observed (and not on census day!). Strange fall migration! Tom Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]