Metzger Marsh (NW Ohio, near Ottawa NWR) is going to be 'drawn down' in the next couple weeks to create mud flats according to a Division of Wildlife manager I spoke to today. Two Snowy Egrets were a surprise today (pictures at https://www.flickr.com/photos/85567104@N05/13917970143/) . Magee is warming up as well. I found the following warblers in about 15 minutes at the N. end of the big loop: Prothonotary, Black-throated Green, N. Parula, Yellow-rumped as well as Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Hermit Thrush. Pictures of some of these birds at the link above. The Boardwalk is receiving a lot of repairs to railings and the decking. Kudo's to whomever is doing the work. Matt Valencic Geauga County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]