I went back over to BIWA today in hopes of seeing some good ducks close...there were some, but you had to work for them. :-) Might be better here in a couple of days...The wind and temperatures had all of the ducks "ducking" for cover. Geese were everywhere, but mostly in the cornfields. Redheads were scattered throughout, but I came across a pond that were so thick with them, that you couldn't see any water...almost. They were juuuust on the edge of BIWA on Holland Rd. there are several little wet spots on that road, and well worth the looksie when you are in the area. The bird of the day...other than all those Redheads were Ring-billed Gulls...They were absolutely EVERYWHERE! List follows. God Bless, and Happy Birding Steve J. Big Island Wildlife Area 10 Miles 118 Minutes Totals are for all of Big Island WA. Herr Rd is still productive, but they have spread out more due to the thawed containment ponds. 1022 Canada Goose 5 Trumpeter Swan 5 Wood Duck 2 Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 1 American Black Duck 50 Mallard 5 Northern Shoveler 200 Northern Pintail 2 Canvasback 500 Redhead All but 50 were clustered in a field pond. That is probably a low count on the total amount due to lack of time. 250 Ring-necked Duck 100 Lesser Scaup 2 Ruddy Duck 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 4 Killdeer 200 Ring-billed Gull 5 Mourning Dove 2 American Kestrel 22 American Crow 8 American Robin 20 European Starling 10 American Tree Sparrow 20 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 20 Brown-headed Cowbird ______________________________________________________________________ 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]