A short 45 minute birding excursion to Pickerington Ponds on Friday (Jan 18) turned up the following: Wood Duck Picnic Area: American Kestrel (on the power lines along Bowen Road, always see one there) Mourning Dove 3 American Crow 4 (watched 3 carry meat through the air into a tree) Carolina Chickadee House Finch 3 (male) and 3 (female) Downy Woodpecker White-crowned Sparrow Ellis Pond: Mallard 16 Ring-billed Gull Mute Swan (one all by itself) Red-tailed Hawk Canada Goose 2 Black Ducks (large flock) Then this morning (Sat, Jan 19), I went to Hoover Reservoir and found: At the dam: Hooded Merganser 89 Canada Goose 15 Mallard 48 Ring-billed Gull 60 Lesser Scaup 2 Red-tailed Hawk (immature) American Robin 16 Tufted Titmouse 2 Northern Cardinal 5 European Starling 2 Blue Jay Mallard 27 (another group) Downy Woodpecker 3 Carolina Chickadee 2 I stopped at a couple different places on my way to Galena. I found many Canada Geese, some House Finches, and other usual birds. Area E yielded three Northern Shovelers (1 male and 2 females). I thought I saw some Dark-eyed Juncos at Area G. At Oxbow Island, Weiss Road, and the boardwalk, I did not see much other than more Canada Geese and Mallards. Adam Cirone B.A. in Biology from Muskingum College Senior Reseach on Grassland Birds Columbus, Ohio [log in to unmask] (330) 257-9533 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]