Spring has definitely started. Waterfowl numbers are increasing daily in the Lake Erie Marshes. With recent rains it would pay visitors to check out the agriculture lands to the south of the Magee-Ottawa complex. Several hundred pintail and a few American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and shovelers were in the cut corn field on the west side of Lemon Rd where Bodi Rd dead ends. There are additional fields that look good to the west and south for waterfowl and shorebirds. Several wetland restorations are being completed between Benton-Carroll rd and SR 19 that are going to have bare ground areas conducive to shorebirds as they arrive over the next month. Enjoy the variety the area holds and be adventuresome in finding other locations. Mark Shieldcastle Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 W SR 2 Oak Harbor, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]