Our monthly bird count was done yesterday, June 26. Despite the bugs and heat, we were able to see 54 species in 5 hours. Here are some of the highlights: Two pied-billed grebe families. Some of the young still had their striped heads. A common moorhen with young. One lone ruddy turnstone on the wildlife beach. Prothonotary warbler on the boardwalk. Many common terns hunting over the marsh. But the highlight was seeing and hearing 4 least bitterns! Two of them sat up for quite awhile and gave us really nice looks. So, yes most of the warblers are gone, but there is still lots to see here at Magee. Upcoming events: July 5th Hike the Dike Walk (dragonflies) Meet at Bird Center at 9 am July 19 BUGFEST noon until 4 pm August 9 Hike the Dike Walk (shorebirds) Meet at Bird Center at 9 am August 16 Shorebird Walk Meet at the Bird Center at 8 am. Happy Summer and Happy Birding! Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 419-898-4017 FAX [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]