At 8:55 am, while in the campground at Maumee Bay State Park, I had a lone Whooping Crane flying due west and eventually out of sight. Of course I am assuming it was one of the uncountable Wisconsin birds. Waterfowl, especially geese and swans, down dramatically in the last ten days in the Metzgar Marsh/Ottawa Refuge area. I was surprised not to see Phoebe nor Tree Swallow today. I had an Eastern Towhee at Metzgar Marsh and three Fox Sparrows at the Magee Marsh Boardwalk. A Rough-legged Hawk was along Krause Road and a Northern Shrike was at the end of Stange Road. I watched a high flying flock of 12 Sandhill Cranes heading due north from Ottawa headquarters area. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Michigan www.karloverman.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]