The weather was pretty nasty this morning with around a foot of snow falling. I was not able to even see the lake until about 11:00 and when it cleared up I could see that nice now extends about 3/4 mile from shore. There was a lot of gulls moving and a few flocks of common mergs. The only bird of note was an adult Iceland gull. The ice on the lake was pretty loose and broken up yet. A south wind can blow it out pretty quickly. My feeders were a different story. There was a huge amount of activity today due to all the snow. I ended up with 26 species using the feeder including both sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks that hung around most of the day. The best feeder birds were a gray catbird, 2 eastern towhees, a pine siskin and a common redpoll. The catbird was a first for me as a winter feeder bird. I was feeding on berries and suet. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]