Hey all - With the car acting up, I scratched Hoary Redpoll from the day's agenda and stayed near home. First stop was E. 72nd, where at 8 this morning, I was met by a brutal nonstop wind from the north. There were quite a few ducks present (several hundred total - mostly Canvasback, Redhead, scaup, and goldeneye), more than I have seen here all winter, but very few gulls. After freezing long enough to determine there was northing odd among them, I headed inland to CVNP. At Jaite, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was perched atop the tallest tree out in the marsh. The entire time I was there, it was hanging out in the area of trees and shrubs right along Riverview Rd. Two Tundra Swans also flew over here and a trio of Field Sparrows were along the railroad tracks, with 15 or so Swamp Sparrows in the frozen marsh. Station Rd. yielded a creeper and a Oak Hill a G-c Kinglet. Also wanted to note that a MERLIN is once again present on the Tri-C West campus in Parma, the 8th straight winter according to my tabs. Bird on - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ______________________________________________________________________ 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]