It was hard to miss the golden-crowned kinglets on South Bass Island again yesterday. While working in my vineyard, I would have up to eight birds within four to five feet of me often right at my feet looking for insects among the grass and blooming bittercress. They were some kinglets still there right up until dusk. Saw quite a few Hermit Thrushes and Eastern Phoebes in DeRivera Woods. There were Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers at Scheeff East Point Preserve and two other island locations. A rufous-sided towhee was seen on Mitchell Rd. Lots of turkey vultures on the move still. Yellow-rumped warblers abundant-dark eyed juncoes and tree sparrows still around at Scheeff East Point Preserve. Brown Creepers and white-breasted nuthatches were seen as well in numbers. Tree Swallows and Purple Martins were busy working over the Bay. The following waterfowl were present in the Harbor xxx Lesser Scaup xx Redhead x Ruddy Duck xxx Red-breasted Merganser xx Bufflehead xx Double-crested Cormorant xx Mallard xx Canada Goose xx Common Goldeneyes were found off Scheeff East Point Preserve Bonaparte's, Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls were seen. 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]