Today April 20th is my 66th birthday so I set out at 9:30am to check on as many eagle and osprey nests as I could. Ten hours and over 300 miles later I am happy to report the following. 4 osprey nests visited with 8 osprey 19 eagle nests visited with 19 adult and 1 juv. bald eagles 3 American Kestrel 5 Red tail hawks (this is a very low count for the distance I traveled) 7 turkeys 2 toms strutting their stuff for 11 femals who were not impressed 5 great egrets I do not usually count water or shore birds but I saw a flock of 300+ greater golden plover at Killdeer plains. They were on the ground on the south side of CR68 across from the western most parking area at pond 27. I did get lots of photos but I do not know how to post them. I got great looks and they matched the pictures in my field guide exactly. The male birds were very striking. Don Stover Columbus, Oh ______________________________________________________________________ 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]