Hi, all -- Took advantage of a gorgeous day off to bird the water spots of Wayne County (Prairie Lane, Killbuck, The Fish Pond, Shreve Lake, Funk Bottoms/Wildnerness Road). Hightlights were: --> Snow Goose: single, white-phase individual on Wilderness Road (still flooded, but makes a good place to park) << SU SNYDER NOTES A SINGLE BLUE-PHASE IN THE KILLBUCK MARSH >> --> Rough-legged Hawk: single, light-phase, ID'd by the ID-less Amishman who was gracious enough to clue me in; Cemetery Road/226 --> Lesser Yellowlegs: at the "fish pond" at 226 and Kister; a handful of Killdeer kept them company (another bird I couldn't ID -- thanks to Su Snyder for the assist on this!) For the local folks: --The "fish pond" was packed with waterfowl, the usual suspects, nothing fancy --Wright Marsh is inaccessible, as the trail is flooded --Shreve Lake is largely frozen; a handful of hoodies there --Prairie Lane was a treasure trove, not to be missed --You can now drive from 83 to 226 on Messner Road (no longer flooded) --Funk: the observation tower access road is still flooded, but the ice is melting, and it was filling up nicely with ducks The list (chrono, not taxo) --> 15 Waterfowl species: CANADA GOOSE MALLARD NORTHERN SHOVELER ** GADWALL (first of year for me) AMERICAN COOT HOODED MERGANSER BUFFLEHEAD REDHEAD RING-NECKED DUCK LESSER SCAUP AMERICAN WIGEON (just a few, and no, not a single Eurasian) NORTHERN PINTAIL SNOW GOOSE CANVASBACK ** GREEN-WINGED TEAL (first of the year) ** GREAT BLUE HERON (first of the year) --> Landlubbers: Killdeer, RW Blackbird, Common Grackle, Robin, Song Sparrow, Cardinal, Belted Kingfisher, N Harrier, Eu Starling, Am Goldfinch, RBWP, Pine Siskin (local feeder), Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Lesser Yellowlegs (Thanks again, Su!), Ring-billed Gull, American Crow, Horned Lark Su Snyder reported a single TREE SWALLOW as well, in the Killbuck Marsh, and a Common Redpoll at her feeders. Not a bad day -- beats working ANY day! Scott, Wooster **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]