I know this is an Ohio list but Pelee Island is just north of Ohio on Lake Erie. I got a chance to bird there yesterday and found a few new things for the year especially down near Fish Point at the southern tip of the island. A lark sparrow was by the road near the Pelee Island Winery and flew back and forth from the vineyard to the low trees near the lake-was able to get at least one bad picture. Also saw my first barn swallow of the year on the islands, brown thrasher, eastern phoebe, yellow-rumped warbler,eastern towhee, purple martins, kestrel, lots of chipping sparrows, turkey vultures, great egrets, tree swallows, robins, and I have never seen so many northern flickers everywhere. A red-tailed hawk feeding on the ground at the Stone Road Alvar. Ruddy ducks at the west dock as sighted by Bob Glauser and my husband. I heard a mockingbird back on private property where I get a look at it. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]