Saw my first turkey vulture of the season on South Bass Island on Saturday, March 14. Elizabeth Heineman had seen one the day before. Have had large flocks of red-winged blackbirds on the island now for a week-counted 150 on the ground near the South Bass Island Lighthouse this morning. Lots of waterfowl, tundra swans, and horned larks flying overhead while on the ice. This morning I noticed the first open water to the northeast of Scheeff East Point Preserve with over 200 common goldeneye! Must be spring soon! Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]