Yesterday a group of us drove up to Hoover Reservoir to view some birds and get out and do some hiking,too. Hoover Meadows: 1- Spotted Sandpiper, 1st Winter Plumage 1-Yellow-throated Vireo 1-Henslow's Sparrow ( I identified it by sound ) 2- Red-bellied Woodpeckers 1-Red-headed Woodpecker Many- Crows, Blue-jays, turkey vultures, a few catbirds. Mud Hen Marsh: 1- Cooper's Hawk 1- Great-crested Flycatcher diving and catching some food Many catbirds, canadian geese, blue-jays,crows, etc. Hoover Dam and Reservoir A large and very mobile flock of Chimney Swifts. Many TV's, blue-jays, crows, canadian geese, mallards, and 2 ducks that could have served as the model for a popular H-M-O commercial. Saturday evening about 5:30PM , I spotted a Peregrine Falcon from my Hi-rise downtown apartment flying northward towards Broad Street clutching its food in its talons. Gary Moon Columbus,Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]