Yesterday was hectic with staff going from the Cleveland Pelagic to the Toledo Naturalist's Associations annual banquet. Congratulations to TNA and another great year. The Pelagic had beautiful weather but lake conditions from the late week blow was not favorable for open lake boating, at least not with everyone being able to enjoy and keep the great lunch provided by the Holiday crew. That being said we stayed behind the breakwall which reduced chances of jaegers and scoters but the volume of grebes and gulls did not disappoint. The highlight had to be multiple Red-necked grebes that provided nice life looks for many. There were hundreds of Horned Grebes, a couple of loons, lots of red-breasted Mergansers, and cormorants. Gulls were in great abundance. Ring-billed, Bonaparte's, Herring, and a few Greater Black-backs and one quick look at an adult Glaucous entertained us. The "chummers" brought birds in close enough to almost touch and for those that chose to take advantage, a wide array of plumages (really feather coats) and behaviors. Anybody that watches a Bony won't call them seagulls ever again. Black-crowned Night Heron, Mockingbird, and Peregrine made the river part of the trip worth everyone's time to keep on the look out. Several flocks of pipits were observed crossing the lake. For those coming west today for the ONWR auto tour check out the Magee causeway as the Northern Shrike was present again this morning near the first pull off. 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]