Hi All, Braving the COLD and SNOWY weather were the following: Grand Lake St Marys Villa Nova (second beach) an Osprey sat perched about noon till 1300 (That's when we left) Mercer Wildlife Area: A COOT XXXXXXXXXX These birds have been present all around the Lake for more than a week! They look so cute when they all begin to run across the grass into the water!! Greenwing Teal XX Northern Shovelers XXX Blue Wing Teal XXX Double Crested Cormorants XXXXXXXXXXXX Canada Geese - Many incubating in the tubs Great Blue Herons - beginning to incubate or still selecting sites Killdeer - running around the ground A Kestrels - not incubating yet Redwing Blackbirds - Singing their hearts out AND THE BEST !!! A Great Egret flew across the area. Then an Immature Eagle flew through! And TWO little gray fuzzy heads popped up from our Eagle nest!!! Think Spring Jill Bowers ______________________________________________________________________ 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]