Was at the Ohio Young Birders this weekend (an inspiring event!) and several folks ask me what will be happening with access to the boardwalk..............so I thought it was time to clarify a couple of things for birders. No, the road will not be closing that leads back to the boardwalk. No, we are not planning on getting a shuttle bus. \ There are no plans to take out any of the parking areas at this time. As for birds, they are still coming through.......................fall birding can be challenging, but the boardwalk sure is peaceful! In the short time I had to see what was here this morning I found the following species.......... Black Duck Wood Duck PB grebe Bald Eagle Winter Wren Swainson's thrush Hermit thrush Blue-headed vireo Yellow bellied sapsucker Juncos White-throated sparrows Swamp sparrow Tree Swallows (hundreds of them on the road) Black Throated Blue warblers (several nice males) Blackburnian Yellow-rumps everywhere Rusky blackbirds Cattle egret The road beyond the Bird Center will be closed M-F and Saturday mornings beginning Oct. 14th due to the controlled waterfowl hunt. It will be open on Saturday afternoons and all day on Sundays. The Bird Center and Walking Trails will remain open all year. 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]