I dodged snowflakes this morning to visit several parks on the fringes of Dublin (NW of Columbus) looking for winter strays. I stopped at Glacier Ridge, Avery, Trabue, and Darree Fields parks; the snow didn't really start falling heavily until the last two. While the finch & sparrow #s were low from the snow, raptors seemed unaffected by the flurries. Highlights included Cooper's - 1 lurking in Trabue Red-tails - every stop, including 3-4 at Glacier Ridge Harrier - 1 at Glacier Ridge Kestrel - 1 along Hyland-Croy Rd Barred Owl - 1 in the woodlot NW of the parking area at Glacier Ridge, near the old beech that they've favored in past years Great Horned Owl - 1 lurking in the Avery Park woodlot Waterfowl - plenty of geese flyovers. Corazon Lake (along Hyland-Croy Rd) had a bit of open water that harbored a small flock of divers including 15 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Redhead, and 1 Lesser Scaup. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]