Yesterday I found two Tree Swallows at Cowan Lake. I was not particularly surprised as I had had a phone call from Bob Thobaben earlier in the day saying that he had found Tree Swallows there earlier in the day. According to eBird, the previous earliest record for Tree Swallow at this location is 24 Mar (David A Brinkman, 1992). The lake is at least a foot higher than usual and may go higher today as the runoff from yesterday's rain moves downstream. This has had the effect of reducing the waterfowl numbers. Many geese and ducks have moved out to flooded farm fields. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ 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]