Hello all, Here are some of my highlights from the Delaware County Christmas Bird Count. We broke our record of 66 species, with at least 70 species, some needing documentation, which should increase the total. I saw these birds with Justus Nethero in the southern part of Delaware Wildlife Area. Cackling Goose 1*** New species for the count Wood Duck 4 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 575 Northern Pintail 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Bald Eagle 1 Bonaparte's Gull 19 Long-eared Owl 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Shrike 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 82*, a lot of kinglets! Hermit Thrush 2*** New species for the count Brown Thrasher 2*** New species for the count Yellow-rumped Warbler 79* lots American Tree Sparrow 412* oodles Fox Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 93, many many Swamp Sparrows in Leonardsburg Marsh Purple Finch 7 Also, the count circle contained one Rusty Blackbird and one Winter Wren. Good birding, Sean ______________________________________________________________________ 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]