Glen Crippen wrote: > Not only was the shorebirding really good this evening at the north end of > Burr Oak Lake in Morgan County, but I was treated to absolutely stunning > looks at an adult male Merlin that tried very hard to catch shorebirds. My husband is a private pilot. He flew to Zanesville this past Saturday and when he took off from the Riverside airport (I think that's the one), he came face to face with a merlin, who promptly moved out of the way! Joanne Konst ______________________________________________________________________ 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]