Yesterday Dave Collopy, Shane Egleston and I did some birding at Killdeer Plains WA. There are two ponds on T68 that have slivers of open water in them. Here is a list of what we saw: Canada Goose Tundra Swan (10) American Black Duck Mallard Pintail Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tail Hawk Rough-legged Haw (2 dark morph) Kestrel Mourning Dove Long-eared Owl (2 in the owl grove) Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Flicker Blue Jay Crow Horned Lark Chickadee sp Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird Robin Starling Eastern Towhee Tree Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Junco Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark Cowbird House Sparrow We did not stay till dark so we did not see any Short-eared Owls. While in the Owl Grove I saw a very small black spider walking on the snow. I have seen snow fleas but I don't know what this spider is. Can anyone help me with an ID? John Habig 261 Lantis Dr. Carlisle, Ohio 45005 [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]