I appreciate the reports of the McGee Marsh, BSBO area. I was contemplating a sort of brithday trip trip but didn't make it. I would like to get up there once this fall. I suppose trying to time peak migration depends on if you have any particular tgt bird species which I don't. In which case, is there a particular "bulge" timeframe where there is just...'volume':)? I share a birthday with Tory Peterson! Last, I posted a purchasing a scope question in the Ohio forum/board where that is allowed. Thanks, Mary ______________________________________________________________________ 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]