Hi all, ?? I birded Hoover Reservior on Friday afternoon, and Mohican State Forest, Killbuck Marsh, Pleasant Hill Lake and surrounding areas on Sunday. There was a good movement of waterfowl, and many land birds are picking up too- I got lots of new birds for the year. Some of this has already been reported, but anyway the highlights/early migrants were: Hoover Reservior: 1 Red-throated Loon along with 6 Common Loons and a good variety of other waterfowl near the dam. Mohican SF: Red-shouldered Hawk- 2 (a pair courting- really neat displays and calls!) Red-breasted Nuthatch- 1 Eastern Phoebe- 1 Fox Sparrow- 2 (first time I have heard this species sing in Ohio) Evening Grosbeak- at least 3 coming in to a private feeder near the Fire Tower. Killbuck Marsh WA: Pied-billed Grebe- 4 Tree Swallow- 3 Gray Catbird- 1 (singing!) In all, 18 species of waterfowl The Shreve Fish Pond had good shorebird habitat, but about 20 Killdeer were the only shorebirds Other "Amish areas" in Holmes Co: Purple Martin- 1 (lone male on a house) Chipping Sparrow- 1 (almost in breeding plumage) Black Vulture- 2 (first time I have seen them that far north) I stopped briefly to look for the Hoary Redpoll, and saw no redpolls of any kind Pleasant Hill Lake: Red-necked Grebe- 1 Good Birding- Steve Steve Landes 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]