I arrived at KPWA at about 2:30 pm after being out of state all weekend. Later on that. Not very many birds at KPWA, but much flooding. Found two Horned Larks on Washburn Road, and a relatively small flock of Canada Geese with a few Mallards. The ponds along Marion Wyandot Road west of Washburn Road, including Pond 27, were essentially devoid of waterfowl. Found a small flock of Canada Geese and Mallards. There was one adult bald Eagle perched in the treeline along Road 115 opposite the intersection with Road 75. There was one Northern Shrike, visible as a bird with binoculars in the large fields in the southwest corner of the intersection between 115 and 75 but well north of the intersection with Marion Wyandot Road at about 3:30 pm. It was perched in the tops of two hawthorn trees that are not widely separated. The bird was identifiable as a Northern Shrike at 60X in my Swavroski HD telescope, but identifiable only as a possible shrike in binoculars. At about 3:45 to 4:00 pm, I heard a Barred Owl calling behind the Sportsman Club at Road 108. At about 5:00 to 5:30 pm, there were clouds of waterfowl returning to the hidden pond behind Pond 27 along the north side of Marion Wyandot road, but it was too dark on a cloudy, misty afternoon for identification. Most looked like Mallards by size and shape. At about 5:45 pm, two Short-eared Owls appeared over the field that is in the northwest corner of 108 and 75. These birds were hovering in the wind as they hunted. Had never before seen SEOW hovering like a Red-tailed or Rough-legged Hawk. I left the Sportsman's Club area at about 5:50 pm. Checked the Pond 27 area for late returning waterfowl flocks but found none. Other birds in the area. There were three drake Common Goldeneye in the upground reservoir (Killdeer Reservoir) and one Ring-billed Gull. Five Hooded Mergansers in the pond along Road 123 between 75 and 71. I saw about four Red-tailed hawks, and 6 Northern Harriers, one of which was a male "gray ghost." At the end of Monday, 01/15/06, my Ohio January list was 84. I arrived at KPWA for my first Ohio birding of this long weekend, because I had just returned from a successful life-bird chase to Rhode island to see the two Pink-footed Geese in Newport, RI. Although I initiated this trip, and Curt Dusthimer also participated, Dan Sanders did a yoeman-like job of driving there Friday night and the return trip on Sunday and Monday. We also birded in the Cape Ann area, Gloucester-Rockport, north of Boston, MA, and found, all three scoters, Red-necked Grebe, Eared Grebe, Harlequin Duck, Common and King Eider, Iceland and Glaucous Gulls, Purple Sandpipers, and Great Cormorants. A seawatch at Hallibut Point SP produced, Northern Gannets, Black Guillemots, Razorbill, Common Murre and Black-legged Kittiwakes. It was a great trip. Jay Jay G. Lehman Cincinnati, OH [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]