Hello everyone, At about 6:30 pm, while sitting in woods behind my house in Independence, a flock of 48 hawks glided over my head. They were heading North. These are woods that parallel the Cuyahoga River near Pleasant Valley Road. I didn't have binoculars and don't know what kind they were, but I've never seen this before and it was quite a thrill. Also, there have been about a dozen hooded mergansers and a few shovelers and, I think, scaup in the pond on Pleasant Valley near Brecksville Rd for the last few days. Nancy Ortman ______________________________________________________________________ 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]