Sunday afternoon Darlene Sillick, Leslie Sours and I headed north to see what was stirring. We started at Upper Sandusky Reservoir, Wyandot County. Activity was slow but we still managed a few good observations including Canvasbacks, Redhead Duck, Ruddy Duck and Northern Harrier. Our next stop was Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area, Wyandot Count. Pond 27 had decent numbers and variety of waterfowl. Pond 3 and the flooded fields held additional waterfowl. Species highlights included Ross’s Goose, Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, Pied-billed and Horned Grebes, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Wood Duck and Bufflehead. Northern Harriers put on a show with males in good numbers. A Peregrine Falcon was handing around Washburn Road. Eastern Meadowlarks were scattered across the wildlife area and Bald Eagles were soaring overhead. The last stop was Big Island Wildlife Area, Marion County. There was a nice diversity of waterfowl, a few Bald Eagles and Northern Harriers, but the show stopper was the finale put on by the Short-eared Owls. A fun day with good friends. A list of the day’s observations follows. Charlie Bombaci SPECIES LIST Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Greater White-fronted Goose Ross’s Goose Canada Goose Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon American Coot Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Short-eared Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle American Goldfinch House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]