I circled the lake at Hinckley Reservation this afternoon looking for crossbills. There are numerous conifer plantings along the park roads here, though most of them are Norway Spruce - perhaps not White-winged Crossbills' preferred cone crop. Nonetheless, a noisy flock of eight birds (six ad males) passed me near the ball diamonds on East Rd, headed in the general direction of the Spillway. Roads worth checking in the area include - East and West Drives, Bellus and State Roads. Other species of interest: Rough-legged Hawk 1 light-phase; soaring over Whipp's Ledges parking lot Brown Creeper 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Pine Siskin 11 And, if you're looking to see White-winged Crossbills in bulk, Emil Bacik reports 150+ at Woodlawn Cemetary near Toledo this morning. Included in that tally was a single flock totaling 110 birds! See rarebird.org for more information on these birds. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ 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]