Hello! Ken and Julie Davis and my wife and I spent a beautiful day at Killdeer today where we observed the following "notable" birds: Northern Shrike-first saw in top of a bush at the junction of CH-75 and CH-115. It then flew across CH-75 and hovered like a Kestrel about a foot above the ground for ~10 seconds and then flew across CH-115 high in the air as it chased and attempted to catch (several times) a small bird in mid-air (unsuccessfully). It then continued flying east of the Area Headquarters. Short-Eared Owl-saw 6 at dusk across from the Sportsmen's Center Northern Harrier-10 Red-Tailed Hawk-~21 Eastern Meadowlark-heard 1 Horned Lark-~20 (primarily in fields along Washburn Road) Tundra Swan-90 (72 in westernmost portion of Pond 27 by evening and 18 flying overhead) Trumpeter Swan-3 at Pond 3 Belted Kingfisher-4 Coopers Hawk-2 Bald Eagle-5 or 6 (pair east of Pond 27, 3 maybe 4 in the area of the Northern Shrike) Golden-Crowned Kinglet-~10-12 Barred Owl-in the ODNR pine grove American Kestrel-only 2 Ring-Necked Pheasant-1 flying low across CH-71 Northern Bobwhite-flushed 4 that were in the "other" pine grove off of TH-108 (maybe hiding there from the hunters) American Tree Sparrow-~100-120 (small flocks seemed to be everywhere) Red-Headed Woodpecker-saw 6 (1 immature near Abraham Marsh, 4 adults at Pond 33, and 1 adult next to the ODNR pine grove), heard several in the woods south of the ODNR pine grove Ring-Billed Gull-~150 in the fields along Washburn Road near its intersection with CH-68. Other than the Barred Owl, we struck out on owls in the two pine groves. A gentleman that we met from Great Britain thought that he may have seen a Golden Eagle along CH-71. At dusk, we observed literally at least 1000 waterfowl (primarily Mallards with some Canada Geese) circling and landing in the pond just north of Pond 27 (as seen on the ODNR map of Killdeer). It truly was an awesome sight! Unfortunately, this pond is inaccessible to the public. All in all, a great day of birding with great friends! Killdeer is located about 11 miles north of Marion, a few miles west of Rte. 23. A map of the area is available on the ODNR Division of Wildlife web site. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]