...sorry. Just wanted to mention the ABA website's app which bunches reports of rarities at http://birding.aba.org/search.php , giving an idea of recent records of this species at Hawaii, Texas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, and Ohio. The role of the weather is obvious, and it shows a clear boost that large soaring seabirds get from winds that once were very unusual. Who knows if these oceanic wanderers will find their ways back to wintering spots, but they are the vanguard of a new era. As for crossbill etc., fuggataboutit. Bill Whan ______________________________________________________________________ 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]