Yesterday morning as we were getting ready to leave Kelleys Island we found numerous flocks of Lapland Longspurs, Snow Buntings, Horned Larks, and American Pipits along the south shore. Most of these were feeding along the shoreline or in grassy areas/fields. There was a 20-30 mile an hour wind coming from the SW and then the W but many of these birds were flying out over the lake headed to Marblehead. We observed some making to Marblehead as we landed later in the afternoon. It is amazing to see these small birds flying less than a foot above the water, into a strong wind, headed south out over the lake. Tom -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]