What a difference a year makes! New Year's 2006--bright, sunny and 50ish--netted 25 species including 2 out of season (fox sparrow, pine warbler) and 2 cemetery personal firsts (rusty blackbird, red-shouldered hawk). 2007 is grey, raw and windy; sensible birds (unlike birders) stayed hunkered down. Total only 16 species, the usual suspects--with the exception of one of the now-famous merlins, spotted on my way out about 2:15 p.m. atop a tall deciduous tree in the vicinity of Section 93. It had its back to me and didn't stay long so I can only say it had a pronounced dark mask. (Sorry, Rich!) Happy Birding 2007! Pam Unger It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters, in the end. --Ursula K. LeGuin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]