What a weird winter this is! A GREEN HERON has been staying at the wetlands area of Chilo Lock #34 Park and the Crooked Run Nature Preserve in SE Clermont Co, Chilo, along the Ohio River. Surely this is some kind of record? Peterjohn says one stayed in Cleveland until Jan. 1, 1942. Also on my "Best Birds of the Day" list was the adult, white phase SNOW GOOSE also on the wetlands, hanging with a flock of Canada Geese. At the Clermont County Parks Winter Bird Count yesterday, they reported a flock of 38 flying over this site, and there were 3 other reports of Snow Geese flocks on the move in Clermont Co. and the Cincinnati area. Finally, another new bird for 2007 (bringing my Year List up to 54) was the HERMIT THRUSH along the estuary. I had stopped to try to locate a noisy Carolina Wren when I saw something larger move in the branches over my head. This is the third Hermit Thrush I have found at Crooked Run, but the first one that was higher than my head. They usually seem to be at eye level or lower. I finished birding and headed home in time to beat the rain. Trip List: Snow Goose 1, Canada Goose, Great Blue Heron 1, Green Heron 1, Ring-billed Gull, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird 2 (m/f), Hermit Thrush 1, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Towhee (heard), Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch On the roads, I added 3 American Kestrels, countless robins and Mourning Doves and 1 Turkey Vulture. At home, a second m:f pair of Bluebirds and a large flock of juncos, for a total 28 species on the morning. Kathi Hutton Felicity, Clermont Co. Delorme pg 82, B3 Lat. 38.828, Lon. -84.063 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]