I went to the field near the Alexander Road bike path parking lot in Walton Hills last night. I saw five woodcock display fights. I also heard two more on the ground very close to me. The birds started up at about 8 pm. The best place was in the northwest area of the field. The ice on Lake Erie can be seen in these satellite images from NOAA: http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/html/modis/modis.php?region=e&page=1 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]