115 species were observed in a little less than six hours this morning from lake Erie Bluffs in Lake County. The long awaited southwest winds really pushed a lot of birds through. Of note were a singing clay-colored sparrow, Franklin's gull, and 3 red knots. There were a lot of diurnal migrants in some pretty incredible numbers. Highlights were 371 eastern kingbirds, 18,500+ blue jays, 196 Baltimore Orioles, 54 indigo buntings, 680 chimney swifts, 1000+ swallows, 3640 cedar waxwings, and 132 bobolinks. Lake Erie Bluffs- Clark Road, Lake, Ohio, US May 17, 2017 6:15 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: After 2 weeks of north and east winds we finally got some strong southwest winds of 20-30 mph. Most of the observations were done from the top of a 50 foot tower along the lake. Songbirds were moving constantly and only started to slow down around 11:00. Blue jays, woodpeckers, and blackbirds were heading east. Kingbirds, orioles, swallows, swifts, and bobolinks were heading west. There were a lot of warblers moving the first couple hours that were too far to hear and identify. . 115 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose 18 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 14 Common Merganser 1 adult male Red-breasted Merganser 15 Double-crested Cormorant 32 Great Blue Heron 17 Green Heron 5 Turkey Vulture 312 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 Bald Eagle 4 Broad-winged Hawk 36 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Red Knot 3 Three breeding plumaged red knots were seen flying west on the lake. They were chunky shorebirds with moderately long bills. The plumage was mostly reddish. Dunlin 82 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Bonaparte's Gull 11 Franklin's Gull 1 An adult Franklin's gull was seen flying with a group of 4 Bonaparte's gulls heading west. The dark gray wings with black wingtips with distinct white mirrors was seen as well as an all black hood. It was slightly larger than the Bonaparte's gulls. Ring-billed Gull 173 Herring Gull 38 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Caspian Tern 19 Black Tern 2 Common Tern 5 Forster's Tern 9 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 3 Chimney Swift 682 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 21 All were migrating east along the lake. There was one group of 5 birds. Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Alder Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 6 Eastern Kingbird 371 There was a continuous movement to thew west of groups up to 11 birds Blue-headed Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 16 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 18650 Nearly constant movement of jays heading east , often in flock numbering in the hundreds American Crow 31 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 120 Purple Martin 38 Tree Swallow 41 Bank Swallow 220 Barn Swallow 194 Cliff Swallow 19 swallow sp. 500 Black-capped Chickadee 6 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Eastern Bluebird 6 Veery 3 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 11 Wood Thrush 4 American Robin 13 Gray Catbird 28 European Starling 65 Cedar Waxwing 3641 Large numbers flying west along the lakeshore Ovenbird 3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 5 Mourning Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 14 American Redstart 9 Cape May Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 23 Bay-breasted Warbler 4 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 68 Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 9 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Canada Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 200 Chipping Sparrow 3 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 A bird was first heard and then seen south of the Clark Road parking lot. The small size, brown and tan striped head, brown rump and gray nape were seen. It lacked a distinct eye-line and had pale lores. The song was a series of 4 buzzes. Field Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 43 Large numbers were feeding along the gravel trails. White-throated Sparrow 29 Song Sparrow 15 Lincoln's Sparrow 6 Eastern Towhee 3 Scarlet Tanager 8 Northern Cardinal 11 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 19 Indigo Bunting 54 Bobolink 132 Red-winged Blackbird 179 Common Grackle 41 Brown-headed Cowbird 122 Orchard Oriole 7 Baltimore Oriole 196 Numerous Baltimore orioles were observed flying west along the lake. The largest group was 4 birds. House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 122 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]