Drove to my favorite birding spot in Fremont, behind the Water Filtration Plant where a warm, large creek flows out of the plant and remains open- water all winter long: 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Adult Bald Eagle 9 Hooded Mergansers(8 males, 1 female) 40 Canada Geese 5 Great Blue Herons 3 hawks (either Sharp-shin or Coopers) 33 RB Gulls 3 American Merganser(flying) Visit the "Create Wildlife-Friendly Yards" Blog at http://wildlifefriendlylawn.blogspot.com/ and view right margin: "HOT OFF THE PRESS: TODAY'S HEADLINES ABOUT WINTER BIRDS IN OHIO." Robert ______________________________________________________________________ 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]