Hi! Broadwings are finally on the move in NW Ohio! The Black Swamp Bird Observatory's spring hawk watch at the Magee Marsh Observation Tower had its first Broad-winged Hawks (BWHA) counted today. Lee Garling had at the 1000 hour over 100 BWHA which does not seem like many to most but it has been several years since the count has had any good numbers recorded. We believe they just are too high to see and count when the peak numbers come through on warm sunny clear days. Today was a cold SW wind with mostly cloudy skies, intermittent rain, few hail storms, and a couple glimpses of the sun. The Sharp-shinned Hawks also gave us a good count of 43. Total birds for 6 hours (0900- 1500) were 325 from the tower. I am hoping one or two of our other count sites were surveyed in the Lake Erie Marsh region today. You can check out the present numbers for the spring hawk survey at www.bsbobird.org <http://www.bsbobird.org/> . Highlights for the day were another Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, and of course the Broad-wings. Enjoy the season! Julie Shieldcastle Black Swamp Bird Observatory Oak Harbor, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]