Hi: I spent a few hours this afternoon in the Funk and Wilderness Rd. area and then over to Killbuck Marsh at the big pond on Rt 226 north of Shreve. Most everything was frozen in the Funk area, but I did see a red-shouldered hawk in a tree fairly close to the observation platform. I spent a little time on Funk Rd. north of Funk looking for the Northern Shrike, but did not find it. There was another woman in a car looking for it also, but no luck. I did not see much on Wilderness Rd - everything frozen. Drove past Shreve Lake, but it was frozen too. A block or two from Shreve lake there is a small, brushy area that often holds a mockingbird, and, sure enough, there it was eating multiflora rose hips in clear view. I drove across 226 on Force Rd. and then down Cemetary Rd to a hilltop with a good view of the large Rt226 pond. Most was frozen, but there were a few leads of open water. Along one were some of the tundra swans that have been in the area. I counted about 35 tundra and 4-5 mute swans, along with a dozen or so black ducks and a few gadwall. My total of 23 for about 4 hours of looking was not impressive, but it was good to get out and start the 2012 list. Randy Rowe ______________________________________________________________________ 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]