From Linda, Dave, Denis and Tom Jan. 1 The northern Saw-whet owl was present in spruce tree behind behind Dike 14 fence nw of park headquarters building. You had to stand close to fence to see it. In another pine tree near building were a couple of dead birds dangling from the tree. They looked sort of like owl pellets, but they were way to big for a saw-whet. Linda took another look and realized they were two birds that died by getting stuck in monofilament fishing line that became wrapped around trunk of pine about 10 ft. off the ground probably by wind. I imagine the birds got stuck in line and died from starvation in fishing line. Fisherman need to properly dispose of line and not throw it out as litter. I don't want to pass judgement, but some fisherman treat where they fish as an open garbage can! We also saw a bald eagle fly over with a rather large fish in talons. To add to Gabe's list of gulls we had a good look at a bird that appeared to be a California Gull near 55th breakwall, along with a pintail, black scaup, redhead, and mallards.. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]