A great day for birding. Drove westward to Castalia via Route 2 and returned via Old Route 2 near Sandusky. Castalia Fish Hatchery was very active with Bald Eagles and Hawks. Two juvenile eagles soared over the area together for quite some time. We observed at least 2 adult and possible more. We had seven different eagle sightings during our hour stay. Our owl searching came close as we scoped brown movement in a distant tree hollow about 30 feet up. To our surprise a young raccoon emerged with a very inquisitive glare. Mike & George Location: Route 2 Rocky River to Sandusky Observation date: 1/27/10 Notes: Sunny & Windy Temp 22 deg Number of species: 8 Canada Goose millions Mute Swan 2 Mallard 26 Bald Eagle 3 Red-tailed Hawk 7 American Kestrel 1 gull sp. millions Rock Pigeon 5 American Crow 12 Location: Castalia Duck Pond Number of species: 7 Canada Goose 80 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 6 American Black Duck 6 Mallard 35 Northern Shoveler 10 Bufflehead 5 Location: Castalia State Fish Hatchery Number of species: 16 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 4 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 5 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 American Robin 85 European Starling 60 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Location: Resthaven Wildlife Area Number of species: 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 1 Location: Pipe Creek Wildlife Area Number of species: 4 Canada Goose 45 Mallard 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 3 gull sp. 200 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]