The pelagic survey conducted by the Division of Wildlife was completed today with a high for Red-breasts this year. The actual pelagic survey (from Maumee Bay to Conneaut) recorded 14,683 RBME. Today we ran a transect about 3 miles off shore from Conneaut to the mouth of the Sandusky Bay with an additional 67,617 birds counted. These were well scattered along the way with the largest flock about 25,000. There may have been some double counting and surely some never counted along with possible additional birds in the western basin at the 3 mile range but this adds up to over 82,000 observed this week. Mark Shieldcastle Oak Harbor ______________________________________________________________________ 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]