My wife and I stopped at Killdeer Plains on Wednesday, Feb 15, mid-day on the way to Indiana. There were large numbers of waterfowl on the large ponds in the SE corner just north of CH-68. These included tundra swans (100s), Canada geese (100s), mallard (100s), gadwall (40-50), pintail (20-30), green-winged teal (5-10), widgeon (10-20), redhead (4-5), black duck (15-20), coots (6-8). We drove through the area and saw several raptors including bald eagle (2), N. harrier (2), red-tailed hawk (3), kestrel (6-8). Did not see rough-legged, as we had hoped. We did not have time to look for owls. Standard wintering song birds were seen, including one mockingbird. On the far west side we had a cock pheasant crossing the road slowly. I walked up to the edge of the upground reservoir and was surprised to find hardly any waterfowl except four female goldeneye and several Canada geese. There was very little snow left, so we did not see snow buntings, though we found a few horned larks. It was a nice visit, but nothing spectacular. Randy Rowe, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]