Wow! The past few days have been a real treat with the waters freezing up, making migration premium birding. Let me explain my every-day setup for migration-watching. In the science center, on the third floor, in one of the lab rooms, there are giant windows, about 15ft by 8ft. I sit at one of the lab tables all day and study, do homework, etc. For instance, today I logged 10 "stationary observation" hours into eBird. I've got my binoculars within reach, and a scope setup at the window. The view overlooks the Olentangy, but the water is just barely obstructed by the banks. However, most birds fly above the water, which I can see just fine. Now on to the highlight birds: CACKLING GOOSE- 2, one of which seen well by professors Jed Burtt, Sarah Leupen, and Tami Panhuis Canada Goose- 2449 as a high count for birds high-flying and moving south Mallard- 412 as a high count for birds high-flying and moving south American Black Duck- 19 Gadwall- 1 female, campus bird #153 Redhead- 1 male, campus bird #154 Hooded Merganser- 1 female Pied-billed Grebe- 1 Bald Eagle- 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk- 1 Cooper's Hawk- 3 Herring Gull- 4, three adults and a juvenile ICELAND GULL- 1, first year bird, with a light overall speckling of tan-peach, flying south strongly, campus bird #155! Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 1 Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]