I spent today scouting areas for the Delaware Reservoir Christmas Bird Count and was rewarded with some good birds. 12 COMMON REDPOLLS in area G of Delaware Wildlife Area were the most surprising. I spent most of the time driving rural roads near the town of Radnor (Delaware Co.). Because of the snow many birds were forced close to the roadsides. Horned Larks were abundant Highlights include: 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (dark phase) - at intersection of Jones Rd. and 203 5 American Kestrels 1 American Coot - Dildine Rd. gravel pit 1 Great-horned Owl 1 AMERICAN PIPIT - River Rd 400+ Horned Larks - small flocks everywhere 1 SNOW BUNTING - Radnor Rd., 0.4 miles West of US-23 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR - David Rd 180 Brown-headed Cowbirds Delaware Reservoir - Dam 3 Hooded Mergansers 250+ Ring-billed Gulls Delaware Reservoir - Weiser Rd 37 Bonaparte's Gulls 18 Great Blue Herons 2 Killdeer Jack Stenger Ohio Wesleyan University --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]