Here's a recap of birds seen, from Crane Creek west and south: (plus a harrier on a Rte 2 farmfield before Rte 61) 1) South of Ottawa NWR: - Over 1,000 rusty blackbirds in various flocks, plus a snipe and 2 horned larks (Lickert-Harder Rd cornfields, Toussaint North Rd marshy spots, Rte 2 rest area East of Davis Besse) 2) Ottawa NWR: - Great horned owl on nest (visible from trails walking west of parking lot) - Great egrets (2) - Coopers hawk - Bald eagle - Canada geese, including a Richardson's - Tundra swan (3) - Trumpeter swan (2) - Gadwall - Mallards - Northern shovelers - Ring-neck ducks - Hooded merganser - Pied-billed grebe - Song sparrows - Chipping sparrow - Hairy woodpecker - Crows - Cardinals - Robins - Redwings - Brown-headed cowbirds - Common grackle - Starlings - Great blue heron - Killdeer - Herring gulls - Mourning doves 3) Metzger Marsh: - Bald eagles (5 immature and 1 adult) - Gadwall - Northern shoveler - American wigeon - Canvasback - Redhead - Ringnecks - Bufflehead - Coots - Pied-billed grebe - Great blue herons - Killdeer - Canada geese - Herring gulls - Ring-billed gulls 4) Crane Creek: - Gadwall - Pied-billed grebes - Killdeer - Great blue heron - Mallards - Redwings - Canada geese - Song sparrows - Grackles - House sparrows - Robins Dave Dvorak and Linda Sekura **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]