I drove out to Ottawa along with Jeremiah Roth today. We passed by Medusa Marsh early, and saw little as it was pretty foggy. Just past Medusa, near Clemons Marine, Jerry spotted 4 turkeys very close the road. Also, there were large flocks(100's) of mixed blackbirds and starlings in the trees along the road. While crossing the Edison Bridge, we observed quite a few ducks out and what looked like a single Common Loon. Proceeding westward on Rt 2, we saw about 100 Tundra Swans in the water just before the Power Plant. We then made our way to Maggee Marsh and drove along the causeway. Highlights included a couple Rusty Blackbirds and a Tree Swallow. The next stop on the tour was the auto tour. It was pretty slow at first, though I did spot a Kingfisher near the parking lot. A list of highlights follows: Gr. Blue Herons Tundra Swans Trumpeter Swans Snow Goose- a flock of about 12 flew over Canada Goose Gadwalls Am. Wigeons Canvasbacks Redheads Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Bald Eagle 12 N. Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawks Killdeer Herring Gull Ring-Billed Gull Rusty Blackbird A majority of the ducks were in the ponds along the exit road. Next stop was Metzger Marsh. The place was teeming with birds as posted on Thursday & Friday. Many of the waterfowl seen at Ottawa were also seen here, but in much larger numbers. Also seen here were : Mute Swan Bald Eagle - 2 Carolina Wren E. Meadowlark From Metzger, we headed back towards the Bay and Pickerel Creek WA. Pickerel Creek was really jammin'. Near the pump house on Rt 6 we spotted the following: Canada Goose Common Merganser- 20 Bald Eagle - 7 R T Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Further west on Rt 6 we stopped at the platform. Canada Goose Tundra Swan - 200 N. Pintail - 150 N. Shoveler Gadwall Am. Wigeon Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked duck Scaup Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle - 7 N.Harrier R T Hawks - 5 Song Sparrows We saw another Bald Eagle on the road west of PCWA, plus additional ducks. From here, we drove the backroads into Castalia. The duckpond was populated by many of the same ducks we had seen previously, but included a number of Buffleheads. We took a drive through Resthaven WA and added another 3 Bald Eagles to the day's tally. The drive back towards Cleveland gave us a chance to detour off to the Lorain County Regional Airport on Russia Road. We saw quite a few Kestrals and RT Hawks, but no Rough-leggeds or any other raptors of note. All in all, it was a great day. The numbers of Tundra Swans was unbelievable, and 30 Bald Eagles in a day was definitely a personal high. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]