Hello Ohio Birders,

This will be old hat to experiences birders but if you're a relative newcomer, I want to underscore John Pogacnik, Bill Whan and Kenn Kaufmann's advice: if you do go out birding in the next few days, look at any body of water larger than a few acres, look up frequently, and check every bird.  Storm petrels are deceptively similar to purple martins, tropicbirds look like pigeons, and on first glance I've mistaken frigatebirds for turkey vultures.  If you're out, beware of falling branches, take a camera along, and good luck.

Dave Horn
Columbus
(with some New England hurricane experience)



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