I checked Pickerington Ponds Sunday afternoon. The Teal Pond is still frozen over, so I didn't hike in the rain to Pintail Marsh. Ellis Pond has some open water. It was holding Canada goose American black duck Mallard GREEN-WINGED TEAL - one pair Ring-necked duck The heronry remains unoccupied. At the Charlie's Pond area (Radcliffe and River Roads, Pickaway Co.) the slough and wet fields northwest of Charlie's Pond had abundant waterfowl. Canada goose ~500 flew over or landed near dusk Mallard ~500 Northern pintail ~4 Canvasback ~8 Ring-necked duck ~50 I waited at the CRP prairie west of Radcliffe Road until a drizzley nightfall in the vain hope of seeing short-eared owls. Northern harriers put on a show though. Usually five to eight were in view, then right at dusk a horde of them congregated at one small portion of the field. I counted 26 swirling around. Ring-necked pheasant - two cocks sparring and ~ 6 hens Northern harrier - 26 Directions to Pickerington Ponds and Charlie's Pond can be found at the OOS website. Cheers, Paul Gardner Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]