I had a rather productive commute home from a conference in Columbus today: Alum Creek Park South, Westerville: 1 red morph Eastern Screech Owl Killdeer Plains WMA: 1 Northern Shrike & 3 Eastern Meadowlarks along CH-71 just east of TH-108 1 largish owl in flight, being pursued by Blue Jays at the 'traditional' owling pine grove -- based on shape and size I suspect it was actually a Barred Owl 1 immature light morph Rough-legged Hawk perched cooperatively just north of the intersection of CH-115 & CH-68, at least until a juvenal Northern Harrier swooped in a little too close. 2 Greater White-fronted Geese with the Canada Geese/Mallard/Pintail/Coot flock milling about the iced impoundment due north of parking area J, CH- 68. The Greater White-fronteds departed to the SE with a small squadron of Canadas as I was wrapping up. I did manage some diagnostic if not wonderful photos of the pair. Carey, Ohio: Watched two adult Bald Eagles soaring in a cozy spiral immediately south of town while I wolfed down some McGrub. (Two more adult Bald Eagles were subsequently seen along I-75 -- one perched north of Bowling Green, and one over the Salisbury Road interchange (exit 6).) Southern Wood County -- Cygnet Road, woodlot just west of Potter Road: 1 adult Red-headed Woodpecker Little else of note (except a bajillion E. Starlings) in the 'greater Cricket Frog Cove area' Swan Creek Cemetery, Maumee (Route 20-A at Coder Road): ~22 White-winged Crossbills departed the Norway Spruce tops almost immediately upon my arrival, swirling away to the south. About ten minutes later a group of nine returned and nibbled around the spruce cones nicely. Thank you to all the folks who have posted regarding several of the birds listed above -- it does help us out-of-towners. Dan S-J Chelsea, MI ______________________________________________________________________ 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]