Short-eared Owls, Rough-Legged Hawk, Kestrels and Merlin were among the highlights! I enjoyed meeting & birding with Chris P, Columbus Couple, and Vermilion Trio. Happy New Year and Keep an Eye to the Sky! Mike Location: Big Island Wildlife Area Observation date: 12/30/10 Number of species: 15 Canada Goose 60 Wild Turkey 6 Bald Eagle 3 Northern Harrier 5 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 7 Rough-legged Hawk 1 American Kestrel 5 Merlin 1 Rock Pigeon 12 Short-eared Owl 5 Blue Jay 6 European Starling 50 American Goldfinch 7 House Sparrow 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2( <http://ebird.org> http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]