I hiked around Antrum Lake (north Columbus) this afternoon and found typical wintering birds in good supply. The pond was ice-free, but held no waterfowl, which was a big disappointment. The atypical landbirds were probably also winterers, just a bit scarcer: Red-shouldered hawk - 1 adult perch-hunting along the NW shore, putting on a show for the walkers BarredOwl - 1 calling in swamp forest off north end (Thanks for a tip from a dog-walker with good ears.) E.Bluebirds - at least 5 at different spots along the Olentangy River here CommonGrackle - 1 was along the river all by himself, which was quite unusual here. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]