Just a quick hitter for those planning on visiting the marsh region soon. This morning we had a Northern Shrike along the Magee causeway between the first and second pull offs. It was moving between the road edge and shrubs on the east side up to 100 yards into the marsh. Lots of gulls are roaming the shoreline and diving duck activity seems to be increasing on the lake. Pine Siskin, Snow Bunting and Lapland Longspurs are being observed passing along the coast areas such as Metzger Marsh and Magee. There are still large numbers of sparrows, especially White-throats and Fox at the BSBO Window on Wildlife. The big blow yesterday and the approach of the remnants of the mega-storm in Alaska forecast for here early next week could make for interesting lake watching. Hope you can get out to a favorite spot to see what the migration holds this weekend. I know I'm looking forward to what BSBO's pelagic trip has in store Saturday. Mark Shieldcastle Research Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 W SR 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 <http://www.bsbobird.org/> www.bsbobird.org <http://www.ohioyoungbirders.org/> www.ohioyoungbirders.org <http://www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com/> www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com Become a fan of BSBO & Ohio Young Birders Club on facebook at: <http://www.facebook.com/bsbobird> www.facebook.com/bsbobird www.facebook.com/ohioyoungbirders Follow BSBO on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bsbobird ______________________________________________________________________ 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]