Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion Countyhosted many species of waterfowl today with many both along Ohio Rte. 95 andLaRue-Prospect Road. The stars today were the Northern Pintail which were inspectacular numbers. The other duck species that were well represented includedNorthern Shoveler, Ring-necked Duck, Redhead and Green-winged Teal. Other duckspecies were present in lesser numbers. Nine Trumpeter Swans were seen alongLaRue-Prospect Road. Two had the ODNR neck collars. We observed 4 Bald Eagles, including 2 onnests. No Northern Harriers were present. On our trip home we visited HogbackRoad in Delaware County and observed 2 Osprey. Eastern Meadowlarks were singing in thefields along Epsyville Road. Their color is very brilliant and they were likegiant buttercups singing from their perches. A list of some of the species follows. Charlie Bombaci Specieslist: Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Horned Lark Tree Swallow Eastern Meadowlark ______________________________________________________________________ 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]