Fellow birders,

     Saw thirteen "Short tailed buzzards"  soaring over Rt. 22, just East
of Lancaster, in Fairfield County today.  That's what *Black Vultures * are
often called by Southern birders.  There were no Turkey vultures in this
group.

     Later saw a flock of Starlings that contained about a dozed Brown
headed cowbirds.  While I was watching, they were buzzed by a Cooper's
hawk.

     Stopped at Rush Creek Lake, which straddles the Fairfield-Perry County
line.  It was 100% ice free,  which is unprecedented for late January.
 Unfortunately, it was also 100% duck free.

joe faulkner
Somerset, ohio
Perry County

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