Sam Rockwell and I got an early start for Killdeer and arrived around 7:45 am. Our first bird was a full mature Bald Eagle,and they kept coming all morning. We saw 5 in one tree(3 immature)for a grand total of 20,yes 20 Baldies for the day. It turned out to be a great day for birding!!! Of our 60 species,here are the highlights: 20 Bald Eagles 4 Red Headed Woodpeckers 9 Northern Pintails 15 Bonapartes Gulls 2 American Kestrels 40 Trumpeter Swans 20 Horned Grebess 2 Common Goldeneyes 5 Dark Eyed Juncos 4 Tree Swallows 5 Pied Billed Grebes 12 Pectoral Sandpipers Noted absences:Great Blue Heron,Herring Gulls Good Luck Birding!! Mike and Queen ______________________________________________________________________ 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]