Andy Avram and I birded Lake Erie Bluffs this morning. It was relatively quiet with not a lot of bird activity flying overhead. The lake was also slow, but there was some movement. The most interesting bird was a merlin flying out quite a way from shore. It flying west very low over the water. we saw it briefly fly up as if chasing something, but we didn't see anything. Also of note were 6 swans that flew directly overhead heading south. They never called at all. we never could relocate them to get an ID. My thoughts were trumpeter swans. there were quite a few horned grebes on the lake and a few loons. Andy saw a few fox sparrows earlier. The northern shrikes have not been seen since last week. John Pogacnik ______________________________________________________________________ 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]