This has been a fantastic fall. October birds are starting to become the species of abundance as Mrytle Warbler finally is becoming more common than Blackpoll's at the Navarre Banding Station and Hermit Thrush is surpassing the Swainson's Thrush. Seems that the Gray-cheek is waning but some really fat individuals continue to pork out. Generally ~30 grams, a few of these are topping 50 grams this week. This has been the week of the kinglet as has been discussed at BSBO's facebook page http://www.facebook.com/bsbobird. Can't even imagine how many are passing through Ohio right now. For a better view of the migration and how it compares to last year and the fall 20 year average check out the stations totals on BSBO's website http://www.bsbo.org/passerine/pdf/2010_fall_Navarre.pdf The weather looks like a real winner for the upcoming weekend. If you can't make it to the Lake Erie Marsh Region for Saturday Morning's Banding Demonstration and Migration discoveries (10 - 11:30 AM) or one of the field trips of OOS's then get out and do some exploring at one of your favorite birding destinations and see how migration is transpiring there. Mark Shieldcastle Research Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 www.bsbobird.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]