I was checking the results of some invasive species control at our Arcola Creek Estuary in extreme northeast Lake County this afternoon. The marsh was alive with sparrows and other songbirds. I was able to find 2 LeConte's and 2 sharp-tailed sparrows in the marsh. All were in areas of smartweed and Walter's millet. I saw three additional short tailed sparrows that did not show themselves again. There was also 1 sedge wren, 2 marsh wrens, 3 soras, and a Virginia rail in the marsh. When the marsh was sprayed they drove back and forth spraying cattail, and canary grass, so there are a lot of lanes to walk down. The marsh has some areas of water, but with knee-highs it is easily manageable. For directions check out the lakemetroparks.com website. There were a lot of songbirds all along the lakefront. As others have reported, lots of yellow-rumped and palm warblers, both kinglets, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows. I had a single orange-crowned warbler also. I also had several sharp-shinned hawks moving west along the lakefront. Lots of vultures too. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]