Hello all, My dad, grandpa, and myself all ventured to Killdeer Plains this morning with good numbers of raptors. I also got some great pics(posted on rarebird.org) of a merlin in a tree beside the road. Here are some numbers: Red-Tailed Hawks - at least 20 Rough-Legged Hawk- 2 dark phase, 3-4 Light Phase Cooper's Hawk - 1 Sharp-Shinned Hawk - 1 Red Shouldered Hawk - 1 Bald Eagle - 4 Peregrine Falcon 1-2 (one of them was very buffy and seemed to have a different wingbeat pattern.....a better look might have turned it into something else....) Merlin - 1 very cooperative bird Kestrel - 18-20 Northern Harier - 15-20 with 4 males also around were three flyover white-fronted geese, and several meadowlarks... Hope everyone has a great weekend, Troy _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]