Greetings birders! It was a nice treat to see 5 SNOW GEESE amongst the hundreds of Canada Geese at Slate Run Metro Park's Buzzard's Roost Lake yesterday afternoon. There were 2 bright white adults and 3 juveniles with grayish heads. They were across the lake in the grasses, but easily observable from the trail that goes down to the lake. I stopped by the wetland to see if there was anything out there, but the water is still pretty much frozen over, melty in some areas. A red-breasted nuthatch visited the feeders at my Naturalist Office yesterday as well, and the red-shouldered hawk that shows up every winter has been seen every couple of days on the road to the Shady Grove Picnic Area. A cooper's hawk flies by my office every day, too. The beautiful adult is becoming a creature of habit as he arrives around the same time every day but I've never seen him catch anything! Slate Run Metro Park is in northeastern Pickaway County, just south of Canal Winchester. Go to http://www.metroparks.net for directions. Andrea Haslage Hub Naturalist, Slate Run Metro Park ______________________________________________________________________ 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]