Fellow birders, especially Perry County Birders, Rather than sit around and grieve over my dog, I went birding in Perry County, instead. Started off at St Joe Lake, just south of Somerset, and was richly rewarded with both Horned and *Eared *Grebes. Have photos to prove it, if my word is doubted for any reason. The Eared grebe is a life county bird (#206). Then went to the reclaimed strip mine area near Rehoboth, where I have had great luck, and about which I have often posted. Today produced at least 20 snipe along C112 which can be accessed just south of Rehoboth. Later saw a Rough Legged Hawk and a very early in the day Short eared owl. Also Barn swallow, Tree Swallow and Northern rough winged swallow. Our Perry County year total now stands at 93 since we had a L. waterthrush and a Yellow throated warbler in our yard before we left. joe Faulkner Somerset, Ohio Perry County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]