A small group was out for walk in the fresh snow Sunday am. We went to the pine forest with high hopes of finding white-winged crossbills. No luck. I don't know if I've ever heard of them reported there, but it seemed a place worth trying -- especially if the crossbills have been seen in neighboring Clark County. In all, a fairly representative cross-section of winter residents were found, including: Belted kingfisher American Crow Blue Jay Pileated woodpecker Downy woodpecker Red-belied woodpecker Cedar waxwing Tufted Titmouse Carolina Chickadee White-breasted nuthatch Carolina Wren Golden-Crowned Kinglet Brown Creeper Dark-eyed junco White-throated sparrow Also, there were reports Saturday of approx 100 sandhill cranes flying over the Glen during the early afternoon. -Nick ------------------------- Nick Boutis Executive Director Glen Helen Ecology Institute 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 Visit us online, at www.glenhelen.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]