Notes from 12/26 --1/10 BDMP area. Wetlands mostly frozen with few waterfowl except occasionally at late afternoon. NO Snowy Owls in spite of hours of searching. Lots of sparrows at times along Kulhwein Rd. KR. Kulhwein Rd. T/HW. Teal/Harrier Wetlands BDMP = Battalle Darby MP entrance OLOOK = BDMP Overlook trail IR. BDMP Indian ridge DCCormorant 1, 1/9 flying over KR Common Loon. 1 flyover 12//26 KR Duck. 453 12/26; 1/8-10 Max: 411, 12/26 T/HW Canada Goose. 655; 545 1/9 KR-T/HW mall. 100, 12/28 Black Duck. 75, 12/28 C Merganser 1 male 12/26 T/HW BV. 1, 1/9 IR (first vulture we've seen since before Thanksgiving) BAEA. 2 ad. 12/26 KR; 1 1st cycle 1/9 T/HW NOHA. Daily, 1-4; Max: 9 1/8 T/HW (1 ad. male 1/1) COHA 3 (singles) RSHA. 1 12/28 KR RTHA 8 (all imm); 2, KR, T/HW RLHA. 6 12/26 - 1/10 (4 dark, 2 light; all imm), KR, T/HW; 2 (dark, light) 1/2; 2 (dark) 1/9. At least one dark apparently present since 11/18-20. KEST. 1 1/9 T/HW PIWO. 1 1/8 OLOOK YBSA 5, 1/1-1/10 BDMP; 3 1/9 BRCR 2 1/4 BDMP WIWR. 3 1/8 OLOOK ATSP. Daily 890, 12/26 - 1/10; 421 1/2 KR; 223 1//8 KR SASP. 1 1/2; 2 1/8 KR (Savannah fairly scarce winter FOSP. 2 1/2 KR WCSP. 60 KR; 54 1/8 PUPF. 1 male in hemlock 12/27 KR David and Patty Tan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]