As Mark posted earlier today, waterfowl numbers in agricul Hey all - As Mark posted earlier today, waterfowl numbers in agricultural areas just south of Magee Marsh/Ottawa are avian spectacle to behold at the moment. While crusing several backroads - Darsch, Rt. 19, Benton-Carroll, and Lickert-Harder, this afternoon, there were literally dabblers and swans in the air at all times, and piled into every wet spot in marshes and cornfields that we passed. Emil Bacik and I began our day much earlier in Lorain Co...here are the overall highlights: Tundra Swan 650 Ottawa Co. American Wigeon 500 Ottawa Co. American Black Duck 100 flooded field - SR 2 east of US-250 Northern Pintail 700 Ottawa Co. Green-winged Teal 50 Ottawa Co. Common Merganser 75 Sandusky Bay bridge Northern Harrier 2 Sandhill Crane 2 Benton-Carroll Rd. Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 ad. - all in ag fields in Lorain Co, accompanying large Ring-billed/Herring flocks Glaucous Gull 1 ad spotted on the ice while crossing the Sandusky Bay bridge; we pulled over for nice looks (not reccomended!) Good birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ 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]