Today while once again checking for ducks (still no luck, but lots of Mallards!) I had four common summer birds, but rather uncommon for December. Eastern Phoebe- 1, along the Olentangy near the wastewater treatment plant. Red-winged Blackbird- 4, in a flock with Brown-headed Cowbirds, headed south Common Grackle- 3, completely uninvolved with the icterid flock, headed west Brown-headed Cowbird- 45, large flock with redwings moving down the Olentangy, headed south Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]