I spent about 3 1/2 hours at Lake Erie Bluffs in Lake County this morning. There were a quite a few warblers moving overhead to the west, but only a few were stopping. I ended up seeing 16 species with the most notable being a prothonotary. Other birds of note were a pair of merlins that acted like they might be nesting pair. Merlins nested here a few years ago. Also of note was a long-eared owl that was being chased and harassed by a group of blue jays. The wind switched more west-northwest by 9:00 and migration ceased. Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark--Lane Rd., Lake, Ohio, US May 16, 2016 6:50 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) Comments: there were warblers flying over heading west early. By 9:00 the wind switched more west and migration ceased. 101 species Canada Goose 2 Mallard 3 Red-breasted Merganser 6 Double-crested Cormorant 26 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Woodcock 1 Bonaparte's Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 212 Herring Gull 31 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Caspian Tern 1 Common Tern 8 Mourning Dove 5 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Barred Owl 1 Long-eared Owl 1 A long-eared owl was being chased and harassed by a group of blue jays. It was in an area with dense grape tangles. Chimney Swift 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Breeding locally Downy Woodpecker 6 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 4 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 2 possible breeding pair? Birds were seen flying together at the west end of the property. Merlins nested here several years ago. Acadian Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Least Flycatcher 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 5 Warbling Vireo 14 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 12 Blue Jay 230 American Crow 8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 45 Purple Martin 4 Tree Swallow 12 Bank Swallow 240 Barn Swallow 16 Cliff Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 13 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 5 Swainson's Thrush 9 Wood Thrush 8 American Robin 31 Gray Catbird 94 Catbirds were numerous in the expansive old field area. Brown Thrasher 2 European Starling 26 Cedar Waxwing 3 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 38 American Redstart 9 Magnolia Warbler 4 Bay-breasted Warbler 3 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 16 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 16 Wilson's Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 7 White-throated Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 68 Numerous singing birds throughout the area. Lincoln's Sparrow 4 Swamp Sparrow 3 Eastern Towhee 5 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 29 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 14 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 39 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 12 Brown-headed Cowbird 24 Orchard Oriole 6 Baltimore Oriole 12 Pine Siskin 6 American Goldfinch 124 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]