We did our monthly bird count today. Thanks to Dan & Barb Meyers for helping out. Our next count is scheduled for Dec. 17 beginning at 8 am. The following birds were seen today: Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Tundra Swans, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Goose, Mallard, Black Duck, Gadwall, GW Teal, N. Shoveler, Red Tailed Hawk, Coopers Hawk, Bald Eagle, Ring-billed gull, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Red-bellied woodpecker, Downy, Hairy Blue Jay, A. Crow, BC Chickadee, WB Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Carolina Wren, A. Robin, Hermit Thrush, Golden-crowned kinglet, E. Starling, Yellow-rumped warbler, rusty blackbird, n. cardinal, A. tree Sparrow, Junco, A. Goldfinch and House Sparrow. Join us at the Bird Center on Nov. 30 for Wooden Feather Day from noon -4 with a marsh walk at 1:30. Then come out for our Holiday Open House on Dec. 5 from 4-8 pm to see the Bird Center all lit up. Unique items for sale, great food, live music, and free gift wrapping! 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]