Hello Ohio Birders, Sorry for the tardy post, but on Monday just before 8 am I observed a great egret along a stretch of the Scioto River alongside Interstate 670 about 1/2 mile west of the interchange with state route 315. The bird was not there when I returned along the same route seven hours later. (I suspect in another few weeks most determined Ohio yearlisters will have notched a great egret but it is a very early date for one in central Ohio. I don't recollect ever having seen an egret standing beside an ice floe.) Dave Horn Columbus and on the road ______________________________________________________________________ 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]