Myself and Andy Newman drove out to Killdeer plains this afternoon. We left my place around 4:14pm. We planned on seeing the waterfowl for a bit then checking out the Short-eared Owl show at Dusk. Thats pretty much what we did. There are tons of Red-wing Blackbirds around, as well as Grackles, and Meadowlarks, everyone clucking, whistling and singing away. Didn't see too many Harriers, only one actually. Had to wait a while after sunset untill the Short-Eared Owls showed themselves at the Sportsman's Center. We had a special treat as one flew right up to us and cut back right over our heads practially. Pretty awesome. Woodcocks were all around there, could hear maybe a dozen or so displaying. List of highlights: Tundra Swan - 130 on the water off of 68, pond 27 Trumpeter Swan - 6 or so here and there. Woodduck - 2 -- a male female pair Redhead - hundreds, probably the most numerous duck Canvasback - about 10 total, most on the upground Resevoir Ring-neck Duck - 100s Scaup - 15 everyone I could see well were Lessers Am. Widgeon - 200+ mostly on pond 27 Goldeneye - 4 on the resevoir GW Teal - 6+ N. Shoveler - 20+ Am. Black Duck - 30-ish Mallards N. Pintail - 10+ Gadwall - 5+ Bufflehead - 1 female Hooded Merganser - 40+ Am. Coot - 100+ CAGO - lots and lots Bald Eagle - 4 N. Harrier = 1 Rough-legged Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 6 Am. Kestrel - 2 Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 at the usual spot pond 33 i think it is. off of 75 Horned Lark - 10 Killdeer - 50 -ish American Woodcock - 12 Tree Swallows - 15 or so in all, seen at the sportsman's center and at pond 27 Short-eared Owl - 4-5 seen around 8:00 pm. always an excellent show to watch. :-) Gave their short barks and squawks It was rediculously warm today, and very pretty outside, had a great time. Good Birding Everyone, - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.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]