Today I was treated to the most spectacular sight I have ever seen. After doing some Christmas shopping, I decided to head home by way of Hayden Run Road to the west of Cosgray in Hilliard, OH. There is a small park, Heritage Park Trail End, where I occasionally see ducks in the two small ponds there. Well, when I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed a large flock overhead and thought I was seeing a rather disoriented flock of geese. When I rolled my window down and got my binoculars out, I was so pleased to see it was a large flock of Sandhill Cranes!!! There was probably 100+ and they flew from the northwest to the southeast. Gauging from the direction they were heading, they probably ended up around Scioto Audubon or such areas. Wow, what a treat. They were so loud and at one point they stretched across the sky almost in an east-west straight line. They flew right over where I was sitting in my car, and even though it was snowing to beat the band, I was able to see quite a bit of detail. This was the most exciting thing I have ever seen. I don't think I'll top it for a long time. Hope someone else north or south of Hilliard got a glimpse of them. Sure made my millennium!!! Verna Ansel Galloway, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]