We visited Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area in Wayne County on Wednesday and there were lots of ducks present. Northern Pintails seem to especially like the habitat at Funk. We also saw our first large group of Pectoral Sandpipers along OH-95. The observation tower, OH-95, and Wilderness Road are worth checking. The water level is down and Wilderness Road is now passable. Here is a link to all the birding locations near Funk Bottoms: http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Funk+Bottoms+Wildlife+Area Ken Ostermiller Westfield Center Ken Ostermiller On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Eric Elvert <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So I have a question for the more seasoned bird watchers. With the next to > nonexistent winter we had and the early arrival of warmer weather. Where > have all the dang ducks gone. Have all the waterfowl already passed on > through? I know down in my neck of the woods they have been hard to come > by. I've been hitting all my local spots almost daily and more often than > not there's just nothing. Is it because there's so much open water that > everything is so spread out, did the big numbers just never happen or have > they migrated north already. Or is it something im completely missing. Well > regardless of where all the waterfowl have gone I'm gonna keep on Standing > and Scanning all the water I can. > > Warm Winters Stink!!! > > Bird On!!! > > Eric Elvert > Dayton, Oh > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]