Thank you it was wonderful to watch :) On Mar 14, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Kenn Kaufman wrote: > Friday, March 14: For those who can get out today in northwest Ohio, there > should be at least a fair flight of migrants along the Lake Erie shoreline. > After the rude interruption of the last two days, birds should be moving > north on a broad front in today's warmer temperatures. The current > southwest winds should concentrate them near the lake shore. Daytime > migrants at this season include Turkey Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk, > Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, and a few other raptors, plus Sandhill > Crane, American Crow, Lapland Longspur, Horned Lark, and Eastern > Meadowlark. Large numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles are > moving, and increasing numbers of Rusty Blackbirds should be mixed into the > flocks now. > > Maumee Bay State Park is one of the better vantage points along the lake > shore, but to a lesser extent you can observe the same movement anywhere > around the Magee Marsh / Ottawa NWR / Metzger Marsh area, or even at > lakeshore points farther east in Ottawa and Erie counties. > > By tomorrow (Saturday) winds are supposed to shift more to the west, and > the flight probably won't be apparent. After today, it appears that the > next good opportunity for a flight would be next Wednesday, the 19th. > > Kenn Kaufman > Oak Harbor, OH > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > 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. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]