There seems to be nothing shockingly unusual about a scissor-tailed flycatcher in Ohio at this time (we have 15 accepted records, a lot of them in May, and other strays of this western bird are now being seen as far east as New Hampshire and New Jersey), but the Kilby Rd bird seems to be the most persistent on record in Ohio. If you want to see this bird in the state, by all means try this one. Three of the previous records were promptly shot (not recently: nowadays there's probably no really good reason to collect specimens of this species here), and nearly all the rest have been one- or two-day wonders. They are of course common in their western breeding-season range, and Florida vacationers can reliably see them there in winter, as well. Coming up should be the brief spring passage of migrant whimbrels. They prefer an over-water route, and are most often seen here along the Lake Erie shore, but a few birds veer inland, even including a remarkable flock of 106 near Killdeer Plains on one occasion. Observers in Toronto, where the largest regional numbers are seen, give 24 May--Monday--as the best day to look for them, on average. There are only a few early June records, so the window is a narrow one. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]