There were some good birds around my expanded local patch today here in Mahoning Co. In my Poland Twp. backyard were 75 wild turkeys, Am. tree sparrow, and 4 pine siskins. I checked the Struthers stretch of the Mahoning River, among the usual Canada geese and mallards were 4 Am. black ducks, ring-necked duck, bufflehead, 11 hooded mergansers, pied-billed grebe, red-tailed hawks, and n. flicker. I never saw the river during the dirtiest industrial days around Youngstown, but I imagine it was awful. So it is always good to see wildlife reclaiming the river corridor. Later, 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]