I did not have a chance to get out this morning, but I did get out along the lake this afternoon. Not a lot moving in the afternoon, but a few decent birds were noted. I scared up an American woodcock in a wet field near the Painesville-Perry Township line. I also had a couple turkey vultures. I have single vultures yesterday and Wednesday also. There were a few red-winged blackbirds around and a few migrating horned larks. A merlin was seen just east of the dump that lies north of Route 20. This is not far from where they bred in 2009. No waterfowl this way, the lake is still ice-covered. Also of interest was a group of 16 cedar waxwings that contained two larger birds. Unfortunately they were flying east and they had the sun behind them so they were silhouettes. To make matters worse the gale-force winds drowned out their calls. They never slowed down. I have been seeing scattered waxwing flocks around here over the last couple weeks so keep your eyes open. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]