Hi birders: I started out the New Year with 30 species. At the OARDC arboretum, there were four mockingbirds and a small flock of red-breasted nuthatches. No sign of crossbills. Kidron Park was very quiet except by the feeders, where I saw 20 species in a half hour, including pine siskin, red-breasted nuthatch, white-crowned sparrow and all the usual suspects. The best observation there was a black vulture circling overhead slowly - a good New Years sighting. On the way home, I found a rough-legged hawk just south of the intersection of Kidron Rd. and US250. Randy Rowe ______________________________________________________________________ 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]