When I first went to the boardwalk, it was only misting. Then, halfway down the boardwalk, it let loose. In the pouring rain I was only able to see a few birds hiding under a large Black Willow tree. The birds were as follows: 1. Downy Woodpecker - 1 hiding under a large willow branch. 2. Brown Creeper - 1 also hiding on one of the only dry spots on the willow. 3. N. Cardinal - 2 males on the boardwalk trying to keep dry. 4. American Tree Sparrow - 3 with the cardinals and creeper, but lower at the base. 5. Possible Winter Wren, but I didn't get a good look. The walking trails by the Sportsman's Migratory Bird Center were getting flooded, but I did manage a few species. 1. American Robin - 12 eating Washington Hawthorne berries. 2. Northern Cardinal - one pair also eating the berries. 3. American Tree Sparrow - half a dozen near the observation tower. 4. American Goldfinch - one pair near the tower. The causeway produced very little in the pouring rain and fog. 1. Canada Goose - 22 2. Ring-billed Gull - 5 The Fox Sparrow is still here at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory feeder area. We also had several White-throated Sparrows and American Tree Sparrows today. For directions to the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, please go to our website at www.bsbobird.org <http://www.bsbobird.org/> . Our building is open (winter hours) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. HAPPY BIRDING EVERYONE, Christopher J. Knoll Education Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Phone: 419-898-4070 Fax: 419-898-1363 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]