This AM there were three Herring Gulls mixed in with the seventy Ring-bills on Caesar Creek Beach. Shane Eggleston showed up and with his sharper vision he spotted two Common Loons in the distance. These, along with the larger number of Ring-bills, may be a sign that some migrants are starting to move beyond Northern Ohio. Fall Birding Cheers, Larry Gara ______________________________________________________________________ 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]