Thanks to Laura D for posting about the local [to me] snow bunting-longspurs-horned lark group just off of Reeder Ave! Two lifers for me in one spot today. In the process I met Ronnie and friend, more birders! Also, saw a rough-legged hawk, at first looked like a dark bird trying to gain altitude from woods about ¼ mi north of Breit St. just west of Reeder Ave. It flew overhead heading east. I pulled the car over and got a good look with the binoculars, totally forgot about the camera around my neck. Cynthia Norris, Stark Co. On the way home, we came upon a field that had very recently been spread with manure. It had at least a couple hundred Snow Buntings! There were also a few Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs but probably less than 2 dozen. It was a most awesome sight! This was on Reeder Rd., just south of Price St. (north of Walborn Reservoir) at about 3:00. Laura Dornan Stark Co. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]