The usual several Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Mallards, Canada Geese, Mute Swans and Kingfishers. Special sightings from our pontoon boat were Sandhill Cranes, 2 in marsh area on East side of Lake Ridge Island and 2 in marsh are aon North Fork of the Great Miami River just past Longview Cove. Also, one Pied-billed Grebe in the Sunny Cove Channel by the bridge to Orchard Island. Views of parts of this channel are accessible from Orchard Island Road. ______________________________________________________________________ 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]