All right, I think the list serv works, so whats with all the "tests" being posted. Testing one two, testing... Yeah so I went out today, braving brisk temps and brisker winds, holy guacamole, the nearly blew us off the boardwalk. I was out there with my sister and her friend trying to show them some birds, a rough first experience for birding, but I suppose it does show just how crazy we can be to go and see birds,- whats wrong with me? Its freezing out there, haha. Between gusts I saw most of the birds John was so kind to list the other day, including a few Stilt Sandpipers too. The heron's seemed to have all taken cover from the crazy winds and I couldn't find many ducks. There were some nice Amish men out there too braving the gusts and happy to see what birds were there. Next I headed out to the Hoover Meadows for a quick search, and turned up a few birds. Here is the List; Boardwalk: Stilt Sandpiper - about 4 Semi-palmated Sandpiper - several Least Sandpiper - saw at least 2 Dunlin - similar number to John' s post Long-billed Dowitcher - counted at least 4 Greater Yellowlegs - 4 Lesser Yellowlegs - 10+ Turkey Vultures - a few Can.Go. Ring-billed Gulls GBH - 1 Swallows - 100 or so way out there Cormorants - several Meadows: White Crowned Sparrow - 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 10+ Cedar Waxwings - 10 or so Red-wing Blackbirds - a med. flock Great Blue Heron - 1 N. Cardinal - 4 am. Goldfinch - 3 So after the quick search of the pines and first pond there, we headed home for my bro's birthday party/dinner. I'll be heading back out there in the morning, Untill Next time... Enjoy our wild america, - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS