It was a beautiful day for our October bird count..................the dogwood berries are pretty much gone along the boardwalk.........but .there are still a lot left along the Walking Trail behind the Bird Center. There are a LOT OF RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the marsh right now. Just a reminder that the road beyond the Bird Center is closed Mon-Sat morning. It opens Saturday about 12:30 pm and is open all day on Sundays. The Bird Center, Observation tower, and Walking Trails remain open. Our last guided walk will be held on Sunday, November 28th at 1 pm in conjunction with Wooden Feather Day. The following species were heard or seen at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area today. Pied Billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Canada Goose Mallard A. Black Duck Gadwall N. Shoveler Wood Duck Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle N. Harrier RB gull Mourning Dove N. Flicker Red-bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Blue Jay Black capped chickadee WB nuthatch RB nuthatch Winter Wren Carolina Wren N. Mockingbird A. Robin Gray-cheeked thrush GC Kinglet RC Kinglet E. Starling Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Red-winged blackbird Rusty blackbird Common grackle N. Cardinal Dark-eyed junco White-crowned sparrow White-throated sparrow Song Sparrow Pine siskin A. Goldfinch Happy Birding Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 FAX: 419-898-4017 [log in to unmask] "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." John Burroughs ______________________________________________________________________ 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]