We did our monthly bird census yesterday and saw 67 species. Highlights included: Warblers: orange-crowned, n. parula, magnolia, Cape May, BT blue, yellow-rumped, bay-breasted, blackpoll, black and white, n. water thrush, common yellow throat, Wilson's and American redstart. (many seen near the boardwalk tower as they mobbed a screech owl!) Vireos: Red-eyed, Philadelphia, warbling Waterfowl: Canada geese, GW teal, Wood duck, and mallard Other birds of note: American Bittern, bobolinks, coot, snowy egrets, Forsters, common and Caspian terns, belted kingfisher, e. kingbird, bank swallow, brown thrasher, cedar waxwings, and swamp sparrow. Fall Bird Walks: Saturday Sept. 20 and Saturday Sept. 27 at 8:30 am at the west end of the boardwalk. 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 FAX: 419-898-4017 [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]