Yesterday was the Lake Erie Islands Christmas Bird Count. Sandy Tkach and I covered Kelleys Island while also doing the month census. Good news is birds were very good(70+ species). Bad news news is the ferry has stopped running because of ice. The best bird of the day was a Bohemian Waxwing. It was observed and photographed today as well. The only way to the island now is to fly Griffing Air from Port Clinton. It is $50 one way and $2 a day to park at the airport. The bird is with a small flock of Cedar waxwings at the Quarry Condos in "downtown" Kelleys Island. There are numerous ornamental crab apple trees and other fruit trees/shrubs around the condos which the birds are feeding on. I believe the bird will stay until all the fruits are eaten. The bad thing about that is that there are thousands of European Starlings on the island and they are also feeding on these plants and everything else on the island. The islanders are upset because of the bird droppings on there cars. I will post the census results later. John Pogacnik is the compiler and he will post the results of the Christmas count later, as well. I still need to send him my stuff. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me. It am trying to figure out how to or where to post the photos. Tom -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]