Greetings---I did a thorough search around the Lowellville area today.  The Mahoning River is probably the only open water available locally, and between Lowellville and Struthers I found 300 Canada geese, 30 mallards, 2 n. pintails, a drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a lesser scaup, 7 buffleheads, 9 c. goldeneyes, and 20 hooded mergansers.  No black ducks!  In Poland & Coitsville Twps. I spotted 18 wild turkeys, 4 red-shouldered hawks, 8 red-tailed hawks, Am. kestrel, pileated woodpecker, 2 red-breasted nuthatches, e. bluebirds, Am. robins, 500+ Am. crows, 60 dark-eyed juncos, Am. tree sparrows, and a white-throated sparrow.   Only 1 song sparrow all day--this species is very scarce in my area this winter!   Later, Craig

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