The island was mostly ice bound this morning Dec. 26th but there were still 60 Tundra Swans in an open hole just north of Buckeye Point (the far eastern end of South Bass Island.) There were also about 100 common goldeneye and about 50 mallards in the open hole as well. About 50 tree sparrows were flying around the point. 30 Snow buntings were found at the South Bass Island State Park Beach on Dec. 24th. None were found today as some of the snow cover has melted. A hermit thrush made a brief appearance in my new heated bird bath (inland on South Bass)on Dec. 24th. Have not seen it again since. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]