What a gorgeous day to be in the marsh! And the fall colors are getting intoxicating! Here is what was seen and heard this morning during our monthly count: Pied-billed grebe, DC Cormorant,Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Trumpeter Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, Red-tailed hawk, Killdeer, Sanderling, Herring Gull, Ring-billed gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Kingfisher, N. Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy, E. Phoebe, Tree Swallows, Black Capped Chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, Winter Wren, Carolina Wren, Catbird, A. Robin, Swainson's Thrush, GC Kinglet, RC Kinglet, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-rumped warbler, Bay-Breasted, Blackpoll, Red-winged blackbird, Rusty blackbird, Brown-headed cowbird, Common Grackle, E. Starling, E. Towhee, Juncos, White-throated sparrow, House Finch, Am. Goldfinch and House Sparrow.............. GET OUTSIDE! Happy Birding! Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 FAX: 419-898-4017 [log in to unmask] Keep the WILD in Ohio, learn how you can help @ wildohiostamp.com <http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/ExperienceWildlifeSubHomePage/conservat ionstamp/tabid/21476/Default.aspx> "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." John Burroughs ______________________________________________________________________ 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]