In less than an hour of searching along the Mahoning R. from Lowellville to Struthers I saw hooded mergansers, an adult bald eagle, ring-billed gulls, pileated woodpecker, and n. mockingbird. Waterfowl numbers and variety should start increasing with this deep freeze going on. Craig Holt, Lowellville ______________________________________________________________________ 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]