I was able to visit the sandspit and lagoon area today from 11:00 to 11:45 AM. The conditions were absolutely brutal. Strong winds and intermittent rain created high water at the bay to the sandspit. I walked in from the jetty; tolerating being almost unbearably wind whipped! Here is a list of the 16 species of birds seen:(of my many past visits here, this is the smallest number ever!) Canada Goose 8 Mallard 12+ Greater Scaup 1 female Surf Scoter 1 male Double-crested Cormorant 250+(groups moving southwest) Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 5 American Coot 7 Black-bellied Plover 1 Little Gull 1 Bonaparte's Gull 65+ Ring-billed Gull 400+ Herring Gull 100+ Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 30+ Bob Lane _________________________________________________________________ You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298556/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]