I had the privilege of leading about 20 OFO members on our annual trip to the Minesing Swamp.   We basically followed Dave Milsom's self-guiding tour of the wetland available from the Ontario Field Ornithologists website http://www.ofo.ca/ofo-docs/Minesing.pdf We focused on three main sites MacKinnon Road just east of Angus off Hwy 90, the north end of Baldwick Lane and Ronald Road west of the village of Minesing (County 28 and Hwy 26).  With the mild temperatures, flooding is ongoing and water levels could still be increasing. It was the highest levels for spring flooding I have seen.  Over the course of the day we saw 64 species. Trip lists can be found on ebird.   Waterfowl numbers were down but diversity was normal.  Both numbers and diversity were low for songbirds but a couple of us did have a single Yellow-rumped Warbler.  The real surprise was the active migration of raptors.  In addition to reasonable numbers of Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk ,  Northern Harrier and the acciptors (Sharp-shinned and Cooper), we had Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, Red-shouldered, and Bald Eagle. Again thanks to all who participated and if anyone would like to included in shared ebird checklists please get back to me. -- --- Mark Cranford Toronto, ON mark.cranford@rogers.com