Took a drive out 229 to the west of Mt. Vernon. I then took Cochran road to Green Valley Rd and traveled east. Saw a flock of roughly 50-75 Rusty blackbirds with a few Red-Winged mixed in. Did not have a lot of time to survey the whole flock as a car drove by and flushed the birds. I also saw Horned Larks, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and Red Tailed Hawks in the general area. Afterwards I went to the gravel pit located just North of Watershed Road on Route 13. Two pockets of water held a good number of Canada Geese with a few Mallards and Hooded Mergansers mixed in. I didn't have a scope with me to scan for odd-ball geese on the far side, but was sure there wasn't any GWF or Snows. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]