Hello everyone, Just had a call from the Observatory's songbird banding station located roughly 5 miles east of Magee Marsh/Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Our banders are reporting fall-out conditions this morning, with 12 species of warblers recorded in the first round of net checks. As Kenn Kaufman predicted on his _http://www.bsbo.org/birding/_ (http://www.bsbo.org/birding/) this weekend is shaping up to offer some great birding. If you have sick days left at work -- this might be a good time to use some up and get yourself to the Lake Erie Marsh Region! Kenn's Best Bets for Birding also has great information on lodging and food in the area. All businesses featured on these birding pages (and on the left side bar of the BSBO website) support the Observatory's work through our BSBO Business Alliance. If you do patronize one of these establishments, please help us out by mentioning that BSBO sent you. It helps to reinforce all the $$ that birders bring to the local economy, and helps us build great support for habitat conservation. For all the latest updates on migration, and tons of opportunities for birders this spring, visit our online resources at: _http://www.bsbobird.org/_ (http://www.bsbobird.org/) (http://cranecreekbirding.blogspot.com/) Remember... Sometimes you just gotta go birding! Kim Kaufman Executive Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]