Sorry, should have read my post before sending it. We had 86,500+ Double-crested Cormorants coming out of Canada and flying over Kelleys Island. They were back today... Tom On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:47 AM, H Thomas Bartlett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am dying over here (not really but close). We are on Kelleys Island > until November 22 attempting to band Northern Saw-whet Owls and it is > a very down year. Only 11 so far and my 16 year average is 35. Last > year we had 86... > > The Calliope is on my Top Ten most want Ohio birds. Hopefully it is > around for the long haul. As consolation, Paula and I had 86,500+ off > Long Point yesterday between 8 and 9 AM. That is a conservative > estimate; it is more than I have seen in 22 years of avian studies on > the island. We have had American White Pelicans this week but none > yesterday. Cormorants are no match for Calliope Hummingbird! > > Keep the feeders full until November 23... > > Tom > > -- > H. Thomas Bartlett > Tiffin, Ohio > [log in to unmask] -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]