While finishing up some atlassing this morning, I was very surprised to locate an osprey hunting over a small farm-type pond. The pond is located near Louisville, on Georgetown RD, just west of Swallen Rd on the south side. (DeLorme 52B2CW) The nearest lake large enough to host an osprey nest is Walborn Resv., north of Alliance & several miles away. I wouldn't think an osprey would waste time hunting small farm ponds that far away when they have the whole reservoir available (even though the reservoir also has an eagle nest not too far from the osprey nest.) But I also have a hard time imagining an osprey nest in the farm country that surrounds this area. But what a coup this would be for my block! If anyone sees or has anymore knowledge about this bird in this area, please contact me off-list. Laura Dornan ************************************** See what's free at http://www.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]