The last two days have been great with large numbers and good variety of waterfowl. Dick Hoopes and I counted 15 Sandhill Crane’s at dusk on the ‘gull sand spit’ (about ½ the distance between the boathouse and the dam along Valley Road). One of them had a radio tracking device on one leg and a band on the other. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/85567104@N05/). Pictures are poor quality because it was dusk and I was pushing the ISO to get pictures that were not blurred! This is the second time I have photographed a Sandhill at LaDue with a radio tracking device. The last time was December 12, 2009. I also have a picture of one at Funk Bottoms from September, 2010. It appears that a lot of research is being conducted on these birds if one birder can see so many tracked birds. We keep checking the lake every day because it has a history of producing Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks. Wouldn’t that be nice to get for us ‘twitchers’ (aka, listers)! See eBird for the latest sightings. Matt Valencic Geauga County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]