Yesterday, Dec. 12, Tim & I went to the Woodbury Wildlife Area to see if we could find any raptors. Didn't hold out much hope but we were really surprised by the numbers & variety we found. In less than 2 hours of driving the roads there we counted 16 different raptors of 5 species. In the evening we decided to try to locate the winter crow roost in Coshocton. Every year it changes location, though usually not very far. It always makes for a interesting hunt. We usually start by going up on a hill that overlooks the river valleys and the city. We wait to see long streams of crows flying & try to pinpoint as close as possible where they are headed. Drive to that area & continue to watch for the huge swarms until we can drive right to where they are coming in to roost. This year we found them in the trees along the Muskingham river behind the Annin flag company at Ivy St & S. Third St. 5000?, 10,000? Who knows, we sure couldn't tell. Now that we know where to look, next time we will try to get there before they start coming in so that possibly we can get some kind of count. Once they are in the trees, it is impossible. Raptor count at Woodbury: Red-tailed Hawk--7 American Kestral--3 Northern Harrier--2, possibly 3 (could'nt get a long enough look to know for sure) Rough-legged Hawk--1 Accipiter species--2 (both moving too fast to id for sure but 1 looked large (Cooper's) & 1 gave a Sharpie impression) Laura Dornan Stark County **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]