Hi all - yesterday a Merlin was flying over a field on St Rt 305 in Champion Twp about a mile from my place. I'm wondering if this is the same bird that was at me feeders a while back. An adult Cooper's (pretty large so I'm leaning toward female) has been at the feeder off and on for about three weeks, and a female N. Harrier was patrolling the area the first two weeks of January. Also, yesterday on a side road (Champion Twp), I saw a single adult Mute Swan walking around in someone's front yard. I drove back to check on it about half an hour after I spotted it, and the swan was swimming in a small, deep puddle in the same yard. It was quite a sight. Judy ______________________________________________________________________ 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]