I just returned from a rather good morning of birding at Spring Valley Wildlife Area & Caesar Creek SP (Delorme p 65 D7). Spring Valley is still ice-covered. My sightings included: Canada Goose Northern Cardinal Carolina Chickadee Blue Jay American Robin American Tree Sparrow (2) White-throated sparrow American goldfinch Red-bellied woodpecker Song sparrow Mute Swan (4) Hairy woodpecker Mallard Red-winged blackbird Coot American crow Red-tailed hawk Mourning dove My trip to Caesars Creek was really just a quick peek to take a look at ice conditions. There is some shoreline thaw extending up to 50 feet near the swimming beach. I saw: Canada goose Mallard Song sparrow Ring-billed gull Mourning dove American crow Coots Killdeer (1) Kestrel Turkey vulture ______________________________________________________________________ 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]