Hi, Adding to the list of Killdeer which have been frequently calling today in the Marsh region, there was a Wilson's Snipe in the parking lot of the Sportsman's Migratory Bird Center at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area this morning. There were several flocks of crows flying along the lake front and many robins flying along the Crane Creek Park road as well. A meadowlark also flushed while driving along the park road this morning. Red-winged Blackbirds came in last week setting up their territories. Be on the look out in flooded fields for shorebirds and waterfowl foraging on invertebrates as ice melts and the ground begins to warm. Spring is definitely here! The Spring Raptor Migration Monitoring Project of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory began on Saturday March 1st. There have been several Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Bald Eagles, a Northern Harrier, and yes, even a Turkey Vulture migrating north! (It still looked like a Turkey Vulture I am told even though it was not after March 15th) I anticipate that today should bring more raptors north ahead of this front. Stay tuned to more updates on the Raptor Project. Enjoy, Julie Shieldcastle Black Swamp Bird Observatory ______________________________________________________________________ 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]