On Friday afternoon at about 4:30PM, I witnessed a huge gaggle or several gaggles flying closely together, numbering about 300-400+ were flying northward along Norton Rd in Galloway. Most of them were landing at the pond near Allenby Dr ,just north of Georgesville Rd crossing. Earlier in the week, on Wednesday afternoon, a Merlin flew across Alton-Darby Rd near Renner Rd crossing and got a good look at markings, wing shape ,etc. Gary Moon Columbus,Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]