Saturday January 15, 2011 was the 6th annual The OOS @ The Wilds. It was a fun day for approximately 120 birders spread out across the 10,000 hilly, grass-covered acres. Past annual counts are, 2011–54; 2010–53; 2009–43 (sub-zero temperatures). Following is a complete species list for the day, with a few comments. Thank You to all who attended and made the day fun for all Ohio birders in attendance. Mark this same weekend on your 2012 calendar – see you there. The Ohio Ornithological Society Marc Nolls Read Jim McCormac’s blog for story and photos of the Northern Shrike cache found along Prouty Road. http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2011/01/butcherbird.html Read Jim McCarty’s Aerial View column this week in The Plain Dealer on Thursday. http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/aerialview/ Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan After lunch along International Rd. American Black Duck Mallard Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Wild Turkey Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture In afternoon while leaving the Wilds Bald Eagle 1 adult Northern Harrier Only 2 for the day Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Many, 3:1 dark to light color morph ratio Golden Eagle A distant southern look across from the visitor center American Kestrel Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Short-eared Owl 1 heard barking across from visitor center in the early AM Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike 1-Prouty Rd. near intersection with Ruraldale Rd. (with cache) Northern Shrike 1-International Rd. across from visitor center. Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark Prouty Rd. near rolled hay bales House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]