The recent snow has provided some pleasant birding opportunities. I have been able to locate mixed flocks of Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs and Snow Buntings along the rural roads on the east and northeast side of Hoover Reservoir and Galena (Delorme 58C3). I first located them Saturday afternoon. The rest of my team for the Hoover Reservoir CBC headed home to avoid the deteriorating road conditions. Being originally from New England I headed out later to see if the snow had pushed any interesting species out onto the road edges. The birds were in fairly good numbers and as a bonus I located a small flock of 18 Wild Turkeys. Subsequently I talked Linda into going out to see them and we were rewarded with even better looks as they approached the car as they picked at grass seed and gathered grit along the edge of the road. The numbers don't approach Rick Count's up at CH-112 in Wyandot County, but for southern Delaware County they were a good find. They were still around in numbers today but they are further from the road and you have to watch for the movement in the crop stubble. Charlie Bombaci **************************************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]