I'm just finishing a final run through my work on the 382 bird species of central Ohio ( http://columbusaudubon.org/resources/checklists-and-indexes-coh/ ), and I notice among other anomalies the number of Ohio water-loving species which were said to have been first recorded from central Ohio and not Lake Erie. They include: both eiders, king and common all three scoters, black, white-winged, surf cinnamon teal Eurasian wigeon magnificent frigatebird long-tailed jaeger gulls: kittiwake and Franklin's gull, Sabine's gull Check the dates at http://columbusaudubon.org/resources/checklists-and-indexes-coh/ to see the dates, or have a look at Peterjohn's "The Birds of Ohio.". All I can think is that central Ohio's lakes and reservoirs were far more easy to search for these water-loving species. Perhaps these species were hard to see well or collect (some were collected but lost in museum fires up north) from the lake and the shore. Certainly central Ohio does not truly deserve recognition as the first-discovery location of these birds... Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]