(I am forwarding the following from Steve Harvey, the DNAP officer in charge of Sheldon Marsh, Erie Co. Sheryl Young) I am not sure if they count as "rare" birds but there has been an American Bittern at Sheldon Marsh and I had a Merlin fly across the barrier beach yesterday. Steve Harvey **************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]