The type of question Rick poses is a frequent one on listservs. Understandably, birders have an interest in how widespread a particular phenomenon may be. Usually, this elicits a large number of emails offering some input, although here Ethan has stayed on top of the redpoll movement and has provided a fairly comprehensive list. I would like to point out that this is the very function (among others) of Project eBird. I would like to point out that were more than 10-15% of the Ohio-birds listserv members (or at least its contributors) were participating in Project eBird, that Rick could have answered his question with just 3 mouse clicks from the eBird main page. 1. go to http://ebird.org 2. click Ohio 3. click Common Redpoll 4. click map doing so now will give a nice visual representation of the current invasion, only one hampered by a lack of data as the county list for eBird presently only includes Clark, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, and Seneca. Only Seneca adds to Ethan's list below. Of course, the point of eBird is to go farther with distribution than geography, but ultimately it may allow one to delve into finer scale issues such as habitat use, as well as to be able to map movements across time. As such, a database such as eBird has the potential to be an important tool for conservation. cheers Vic Fazio Shaker Heights, OH Ethan Kistler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi all, With some research, here is a list of counties I came up with reporting Common Redpolls this winter. I’m probably missing a county or two but it should give you a pretty good idea. 1. Allen Ashtabula Clark Cuyahoga Delaware Erie Geauga Holmes Huron Lake Logan Lorain Lucas Mahoning Ottawa Paulding Scioto Stark Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Wayne Wood Wyandot Ethan Kistler Newton Falls, Ohio Richard Counts wrote: Hello All, As the redpoll reports keep pouring in, I'd be interested to know how many of Ohio's 88 counties are effected by this invasion. Wyandot Co. A maximum of 4 inds. at my feeders with 3 inds. yesterday. Rick Counts Wyandot Co. Anxiously awaiting the Jan. 2'nd Carey Christmas bird count! ______________________________________________________________________ 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] --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]