Well, I fear that the Snow Geese at Big Island have flown to warmer
pastures.  As the Short-eared owls were coming out to play, the geese flew
up and up and out of sight, heading west.  They may have flown somewhere
close by, but I doubt it.  they were higher in the sky than I have ever
seen them, and they were getting into more of a formation for flying
instead of the close murmur type groupings that they were using closer to
the ground.  We shall see.

The rest of the birds were the typical winter birds.

Happy Birding, and God Bless.

Steve J

Big Island Wildlife Area--North of Marion-Agosta Rd., Marion, Ohio, US
Feb 9, 2016 5:20 PM - 6:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     <br />Submitted from eBird Android 1.0.2-beta4
6 species

Snow Goose  80     Both blue and white morphs.  Continuing flock.
Ross's Goose  15     Continuing flock.  Mixed in with flock of Snow Geese
Canada Goose  50     Not many around today...pretty much flyovers.
Mallard  16
Northern Harrier  3
Short-eared Owl  3

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27405337

______________________________________________________________________

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]