I spent the morning familiarizing myself with the Coshocton Co. part of Region 60 of OBBA II. I had 34 species, despite the overcast skies and cold wind and occasional spitting snow/sleet: Great blue heron Canada goose wood duck mallard hooded merganser turkey vulture Cooper's hawk red-tailed hawk - at least 12 different individuals rock pigeon mourning dove downy woodpecker northern flicker eastern phoebe Carolina wren eastern bluebird American robin Carolina chickadee tufted titmouse white-breasted nuthatch blue jay American crow - carrying nesting material already European starling house sparrow eastern towhee chipping sparrow field sparrow fox sparrow song sparrow - in full territorial song, several places dark-eyed junco northern cardinal red-winged blackbird eastern meadowlark - in full song common grackle brown-headed cowbird The most interesting to me were the hooded mergansers. There were three different pairs, and it looked to me as though they were scoping out nesting territories. OBBA II has reports of hoodies nesting in reclaimed strip mine areas, which is exactly what Woodbury is. I made notes, and will look again for them later in the spring and summer. And, here is an open invitation to anyone who would like to accompany me to some really great habitat: Woodbury WA, Powlson WA, Dillon WA, and Tri-Valley WA. All are in Region 60, and all have been under-reported. I will be out Mon. through Sat. beginning June 7. There have been unconfirmed reports of northern harriers nesting in one or more of these WA's. I'd love to have company to make the confirmations. The sparrow habitat is superb - Henslow's have been confirmed. If anyone is interested, contact me privately. Margaret Bowman Licking Co., OH Regional Coordinator for Region 60, OBBA II ______________________________________________________________________ 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]