I took a good look around Poland Twp. and Coitsville Twp. in NE Mahoning Co. today. In general, birds other than crows and jays were hard to find. 3 Cackling geese were with Canadas (mostly "giants") at King's L. Also of interest were: sharp-shinned hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, 9 red-bellied woodpeckers, 10 downy woodpeckers, 2 pileated woodpeckers, hairy woodpecker, 14 e. bluebirds, dark-eyed juncos, and Am. goldfinches. The day-long Xbill search yielded only 2 purple finches in the last half hour. Better than nothin' though......Craig ______________________________________________________________________ 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]