It's tough for those of us who have less flexibility in our schedules. I have to block out birding time weeks in advance and it rarely lines up with good weather and bird movement. I made two trips to Magee and Metzger~an even 100 miles door to door~and thankfully both were good days. Dike 14 was marginal and now that it's warmer, the ticks there are problematic. I live near Shaker Lakes and that hasn't been great in recent years either. The best local birding I had was at Lakeview Cemetery, and the day that there was a Swainson's thrush, black-throated blue and Magnolia in my yard. It distresses me that other folks are seeing this decline as well. I hope it's just that we're unlucky, rather than the more ominous possibilities. Deborah Smith Cleveland Heights > On May 19, 2015, at 12:15, Linda McConnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I'm glad it's not just me. I took last week off work to bird close to home > - all the places you mentioned. And saw hardly anything. Very > disappointing. I thought it was me. > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Laura Peskin <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Since I'm not an a.m. birder (& no not sleeping -- just busy + our bad am >> weather), only place have seen migrating, non-nesting warblers has been >> magee. Like cake there. Nearly impossible at all the other standbys: >> Wendy pk., dike 14, le bluffs, headlands. Weather related I think. Also >> early foliage this year. Heard migrating warblers at a # of places. >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> 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] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]