Today’s birding was an interesting combination of very different situations. On my way to Hogback Ridge Preservation Park in Delaware County I took an indirect route north which included Rome Corners Road where I caught a flock of 83 Wild Turkeys out in the open between two wooded areas of cover. After pausing to enjoy the site I continued to Hogback Ridge where Jackie Brown and I had a morning walk for the Ohio Young Birder’s Club. We began with the birds coming into the feeders at the Nature Center. Along with the usual birds common at most feeders we had Red-breasted Nuthatches continually coming to grab a seed. We then took an off-trail hike into habitat which was predominately pine trees and we were rewarded with two good observations of Barred Owls. After the program I headed south to the Hoover Nature Preserve to determine if my nest boxes sustained damage from the high winds earlier in the week. I saw many trees that had snapped in the high winds, but to my relief it appears no nest boxes were lost in the areas I checked. At Old Sunbury Road I located two more Barred Owls, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creepers and more Red-breasted Nuthatches. The water was mostly frozen except for a long open channel too far out to tell much without a spotting scope. There were a large number of Canada Geese along with some swans and ducks which I was unable to identify. This will teach me to keep a spotting scope in the car. I next did a quick loop along Miller-Paul Road where I located Horned Larks. Without a snow cover there were no Lapland Longspurs or Snow Buntings today. My final stop was at Mudhen Marsh. Here I was pleased to observe several Red-headed Woodpeckers. Charlie Bombaci **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]