Several hundred purple martins were swirling over the west end of Sandusky Bay near Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area this evening just before dusk. A large proportion appeared to have light bellies (that is, there seemed to be very few adult males). A strong east wind was blowing across the bay - could it have been blowing insects against the trees on the shore? In any case, it was a very nice sight! Keith Tarvin Oberlin ______________________________________________________________________ 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]