Monday was a beautiful day at The Wilds. Raptors were thermaling (heh, heh, heh), and waterfowl were floating. All the ponds were frozen except for the one to the east of the Visitor Center. Species observed were: Rough-legged hawks - 5 (2 dark morphs) Red-tailed hawks - 7 Northern harriers - 5 (2m, 2f, 1 imm.) American kestrels - 3m Bald eagles - 2 Eagle - NOID Trumpeter swans - 2 Ring-necked ducks- 40 Black ducks- 2m Green-winged teal - 1m Redhead ducks - 3m Mallards - many Eastern bluebirds - 15 (10m, 5f) Robin Horned larks Am. crows Canada geese Bluejays European starlings Mourning doves White-breasted nuthatches Northern cardinal Tree sparrows Downy woodpecker And, of course, the find of the day--1 lonely CREAGLE heading north ! Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio **************Nothing says I love you like flowers! Find a florist near you now. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]