Not wanting to fight the crowds and the possible bad weather tomorrow, we decided to have our own "migration sensation" at Killbuck Marsh & Funk today. It was a beautiful day to be out but unfortunately, not much of a sensation. One of the best things about birding there today was that Prairie Lane was closed to through traffic. We could still access it from Messner Rd and bird the whole road with hardly any traffic. We were there 1 1/2 hrs and saw only 3 cars. Wish the marshes would have been full of waterfowl so that we could really enjoy it. Hope it is still closed tomorrow so everyone else can bird along it as easily as we did. Here is a summary of the day's waterfowl and a few other highlights: Canda Geese--large numbers everywhere Mute Swan--1 on Prairie Lane Wood Ducks--Prairie Lane & Messner Rd, total 35 Gadwall--large numbers on Cemetary Rd & SR 95 Am. Wigeon-- " " " Black Ducks--some on SR 95 Mallards--some everywhere Blue-winged Teal--Prairie Ln N. Shoveler--Prairie Ln, Cemetary Rd, Wilderness Rd, SR 95 N. Pintail--a few hundred on Cemetary RD & SR 95 Green-winged Teal--Prairie Ln & SR 95 Ring-necked Duck--Cemetary Rd. & Valley Rd, north of Clark Rd. Lesser Scaup--Prairie Ln. Pied-billed Grebe--Valley Rd., north of Clark Cormorants--Wilderness Rd Bald Eagle--1 each at Wright Marsh, Wilderness Rd & SR 95 (an imm.) (Didn't go to the nest on Force Rd) Coots--Cemetary Rd & SR 95 Dunlin--1 on Prairie Ln. Red-headed Woodpeckers--at least 5 on Messner Rd Pileated Woodpecker--1 on Valley Rd., north end Eastern Towhees--several " " " Hope this helps those who are out tomorrow. Happy birding everyone & hope the low numbers of waterfowl doesn't spoil the festival. Laura & Tim Dornan ______________________________________________________________________ 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]