It is because of Lake Erie. Crossing the lake can be a non stop flight of 50 to 80 miles. Not like crossing the gulf of Mexico but a substantial distance, and the near lakeshore areas, especially east of Cleveland, have lots of good forage habitat. By the time the birds reach southern Ohio they may spread our more so you do not see the waves we sometimes get along or near, the Lake Erie. Haans Petruschke Kirtland. On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Hayward Chappell <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > During fall migration, you "northern" ohioans seemed blessed with a wide > variety of species- especially warblers. Down in southern Ohio (Lawrence > County) we seem to miss a lot of that- I see many more warblers in the > spring. > > Does anybody know if there is an explanation for this. I guess it could be > that I'm just missing what really is here??? > > Thank you- > > Hayward Chappell > > -- > Hayward Chappell > 766 Private Rd. 3952 > Willow Wood, OH 45696 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]