Birders, After shovelling the drive twice during the day I needed a birding break and took a walk around Berea - Coe Lake, Baldwin and Wallace Lakes as well as wooded area along the east branch of the Rocky River. The snow on the trees and bushes was amazing the walking was difficult due to average snow depth of 9 inches. It was later in the day between 3:30 and 5:30 PM, but here is what was seen, nice surprises are in bold: Canada Goose 67 Wood Duck 3 (2 males, 1 female) Mallard 366 American Black Duck 17 Scaup sp. 1 (female) Hooded Merganser (1 male, 1 female) on Rocky River Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Coot 2 Killdeer 1 (looking very unhappy) Herring Gull 1 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 7 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 5 European Starling 4 American Tree Sparrow 16 Song Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird 4 (males - all singing) Common Grackle 12 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 House Finch 7 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 7 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]