I was out running a couple errands and decided to take a detour past the Lorain County Airport on the way home to check out the hawk scene as I normally have good luck seeing birds perched on the fence posts surrounding the airport. Sitting on one of the posts in the section of fence that sits farthest way from the road on Russia Road was a dark phased Rough-legged Hawk. I pulled into the little driveway near there and watched the hawk for a minute before it flew off back over the airport and landed in one of the fields surrounding the runways. If anyone is out driving that way keep your eyes open. I was bummed last year when I didn't see any rough-legs out that way so maybe this fella will hang around this winter. There also was one female kestrel on a powerline along Oberlin Road. Matt ______________________________________________________________________ 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]