Hi all, Had about an hour after school today to bird around Shaker Lakes, mostly Lower Lake and Boardwalk areas. By the time I got there winds had picked up and it was begining to rain but there was still a pretty nice showing of birds. Most numerous birds were Ruby-crowned Kinglets, probably 65-70 birds around in the area I walked. The pine stand on the quiet side of the lake (not the side that borders north park) was probably the most interesting area. Best bird's in the pines were 4 Red-breasted Nuthatches. Also in the pines were about 12 Golden-crowned Kinglets still hanging around as well as 3 Pine Warblers and 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. Boardwalk had a few nice birds. A Brown Thrasher was very vocal, as were about 40 Chimney Swifts that flew over. There were a handful of Swamp Sparrows, a Hermit Thrush, a Northern Waterthrush and about 20 Northern Rough-winged Swallows. Overall not a bad little run, nice to see migration finally reaching northern Ohio. Good Birding, Phil Chaon --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]