After my afternoon meeting canceled I decided to take a drive out to  western
Ohio to see what I could see. I didn't really stop anywhere, it was more  of
a drive by tour.
On Rt 113 south of Thunderbird Hills golf course there was a mixed flock of
red winged blackbirds, grackles, brown headed cowbirds, starlings and approx
40  rusty blackbirds staying slightly out of the main flock. Maybe 3000 birds
in  total flying from field to field, settling for a few moments and then
taking  flight again.
Also observed while driving from Huron to Magee Marsh were 9 bald eagles, 6
kestrels, 11 red tailed hawks, 1 Turkey vulture, 2 northern harriers, 15
golden  eyes,  8 hooded mergansers, 3 common mergansers, 3 great blue herons,
plenty of Canada geese, lots of robins, 1 belted kingfisher, horned larks and
snow buntings, 4 eastern bluebirds, and a stop at Castalia pond just before dark
yielded only 5 bufflehead, 15 mallards and one mute swan.
Spring can't be that far away, can it?
Good Birding,
Dan
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