We agree with Dan Sanders that the raptor numbers are down, not only this year but from our previous trip 3 weeks ago. We did not observe the Golden Eagle. Also we did not observe any Short-eared Owls. Before sunset we were at Prouty and Coal Haul Rds. Nothing there, so we went up International and most of the way up Zion Ridge Rds. and back with not one bird observed. We retraced this trip before sunrise with the same results. Nothing. Vole populations down? We did observe the Northern Shrike on Zion Ridge Rd. about a 1/2 mile from Rt.146 in the locust trees. Observations: Turkey Vulture 2 Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail 1 Northern Harrier 2 Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk American Kestel Brown Creeper 2 Horned Lark 10 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 20+ Song Sparrow 3 Lori Brumbaugh Lou Gardella **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000003) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]