Lots of Birds today...EVEN MORE WIND!!! The Eurasian Wigeon put on a show for lots of people today, in pond 27 (1) I hope it sticks around for another few days. I wish I could have gotten some flight shots, but the it was too far away, and you couldn't even see which one it was in the camera. There were also a heaping helping of Sandhill Canes today, I saw 7, but a total of 20 were reported today. To help people out about Pond 27, it is really 3 ponds. Pond 27 is on Wyandot-Marion Rd./County Rd 68 (County line road names are confusing. :-D) Coming from Co. Hwy 115 the first pond is Pond 1 The other is pond 3. Pond 2 is BEHIND both of those ponds...and can not be accessed without permission....(If anyone would like to give me permission...I would like to hike back there. :-D.) So when I post in the future about those two ponds, I will try to post it as ponds 27(1) and 27(3) to aid in location...for example the Wigeon was in 27(1), and for most of the day, the Greater White-fronted Geese were seen in 27(3)..but were also in 27(1) as well...hopefully that will help those looking for them using GPS. .... For those interested...In my previous post, I mentioned three scopes that I was interested in getting because, my employer is going to buy it...(Let's just say I have been a really good boy and leave it at that...and no one better tell them any different. ;-). ) What I LATER found out was that there was another one that I could get as well, a straight sight Leupold SX-2 Kenai 30x & 25-60x 80mm HD Spotting Scope This is not the best out there, but it is not the worst either. It was just the best that was available in my employer's gift catalog. So that is the one I am getting. (They also have the Celestron Regals in there, but I already have one, and I wanted a straight sight to make it easier on my neck. :-D) So we will see. If anyone sees me with it, and wants to see/try it out, just ask, I don't mind...I should have it in time for my trip to Magee. Anyhew, List of Birds around Pond 27 (1) follows Have a great birdy four day work week, Happy Birding, and God Bless! Steve J. Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 27, Wyandot, US-OH Mar 29, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 35 species Canada Goose 100 Trumpeter Swan 5 Tundra Swan 50 Wood Duck 2 Gadwall 5 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 100 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 30 Blue-winged Teal 30 Northern Shoveler 20 Northern Pintail 50 Green-winged Teal 10 Canvasback 10 Redhead 20 Ring-necked Duck 25 Greater Scaup 2 Lesser Scaup 20 Bufflehead 8 Turkey Vulture 6 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Sandhill Crane 7 Killdeer 8 Ring-billed Gull 5 Mourning Dove 8 American Kestrel 2 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Horned Lark 12 Tree Swallow 4 American Robin 8 European Starling 10 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 30 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22577878 ______________________________________________________________________ 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]