Had a nice morning at Slate Run wetlands. No ice on the ponds, but hten again very few ducks though lots of Canadas 300 Canada Goose 10 Mallard 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 2 Great Blue Heron 3 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 2 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 12 American Crow 4 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 9 American Tree Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 5 Swamp Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 2 American Goldfinch also saw one dear peering back at me as I was watching some sparrows. Never would have found it if I had not been looking at the bird. Her ears and eyes and nose were directly behind the bush which held the tree sparrow. When I brought the bins down , I couldn't see her but looked agin through the binoculars and there she was. Good birding and happy holidays to all. Phillip ______________________________________________________________________ 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]