I stopped by Funk Bottoms viewing platform Thursday evening near sunset and enjoyed watching about 30 cranes move into the center of the wetland just before sunset. They were in small groups of 2 - 5 and one group of 18 http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/SandhillCranes#. I was fortunate to go to Michigan a few years ago and see the hundreds of birds that concentrate this time of year in a wetland near Ann Arbor (Haenkle??). They feed during the day in nearby fields and back yards! Some time in November they decide it is time to leave and it's a mass exodus south. Matt Valencic Chagrin Falls, 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]