The year 2008 is beginning on an interesting note. Several species that I usually head north to Wyandot County to see have been appearing in Southeast Delaware County (Delorme 58C3). Today Linda and I were driving on Condit Road near SR 37 and we located a Rough-legged Hawk perched in a tree just off the road. It alit and circled us several times giving good looks at the white rump markings and the under wings before it settled down again in the tree. We continued on so as to not distress the hawk. Previously we have located flocks of Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs and Snow Buntings along the local country roads near Galena. Other species being located at or near Hoover Reservoir have included Cackling Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Blue morf Snow Geese, Common Redpolls, Pine Siskin, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Wild Turkeys. I hope this is an omen for a great birding year. Of course Murphy's Law is at work here as many of these were no where to be found on Count Day or during count week for the Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count. Better late than never. Charlie Bombaci **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]