We arrived at the "stork pond" at 5:00 this evening. There were already about 4 or 5 cars there, everyone waiting patiently (or maybe not so much). At about 5:30, 1 stork flew in from the west & landed in the back east corner. About 15 minutes later, a 2nd stork flew in & joined him. They both just seemed to rest there for some time. After a little bit, the resident Great Blue Heron seemed to be unhappy with their presence & chased them around some. Maybe he just wanted that corner because the storks then began foraging in the rest of the pond & the heron left them alone. When we left at 6:30, the 3rd stork had not appeared. We talked to people from as far away as Cleveland, Pittsburg, & West Virginia. We only had to drive about 1 1/2 hours. Others drove 3 hrs or more. Laura Dornan Stark County **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]