The weather has been bringing migrants and new arrivals to South Bass Island. Large mixed flocks of Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, European Starlings have been moving around the island the last two days. Last night found the following in the Pond near . Belted Kingfisher Great Egret Great Blue Heron-4 At Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve: Ring-necked Duck xxx Scaup sp. xxxx Redhead xxx Canvasback x Bufflehead xxx Common Goldeneye xx Mallard xx Canada Geese x Red-breasted Merganser xx Killdeer x Bonaparte's Gull x Ring-billed Gull xx Herring Gull xx Great Black-backed Gull x There were about 20 Turkey Vultures circling down to roost near my home just before dark. This morning I drove to the South Bass Island Lighthouse and saw flocks of 30 American Robins flying to the south followed by a flock of mixed Common Grackles and Red-winged Black birds flying south. In the field before the Lighthouse: Red-winged Blackbirds Common Grackles Brown-headed Cowbirds Dark-eyed Junco Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Morning Doves Thought I heard an Eastern Meadowlark but could not locate it. We usually only get them during migration. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]