Yesterday evening right before dusk, I putting equipment away when I heard Common Grackles and Rusty and Red-winged Blackbirds overhead. It was quite a commotion so I looked up and was amazed. I counted at least a thousand flying south - some of the flock had already passed before the tally began so I don't know how many were not counted. They formed a long, shape-shifting black "cloud," from 5-80 birds wide, that streamed southward. What an incredible sight and sound to behold on a warm autumn evening! Judy Hochadel *Champion Twp., Trumbull 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]