With the recent warm snap there are daily arrivals along Ohio’s north coast. Bald Eagles are in full breeding activity with many new pairs in the region. This morning a Great Egret was observed flying to West Sister Island NWR while I made a short survey of the lake. During that ˝ hour observation period from the Magee Beach I counted: 475 Lesser Scaup, 260 Redhead, 175 bay divers (Scaup or Redhead), 68 Red-breasted Mergansers, 12 Common Mergansers, 6 Common Goldeneye, 8 Bufflehead, 3 Wood Ducks, 15 American Wigeon, 24 Mallard, 6 American Black Duck along with scores of Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, and American Robins flying by. 78 Rusty Blackbirds were also counted and every swallow box along the causeway seems to have interested Tree Swallow renters. The marsh itself was a wide array of ducks. As spring heats up follow the latest news at http://cranecreekbirding.blogspot.com/ or on BSBO’s facebook and Twitter pages. Mark Shieldcastle Research Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 W SR 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 <http://www.bsbobird.org/> www.bsbobird.org <http://www.ohioyoungbirders.org/> www.ohioyoungbirders.org <http://www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com/> www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com Become a fan of BSBO & Ohio Young Birders Club on facebook at: <http://www.facebook.com/bsbobird> www.facebook.com/bsbobird www.facebook.com/ohioyoungbirders Follow BSBO on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bsbobird ______________________________________________________________________ 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]