Today the Darke Co. birders went on their annual duck drive. We checked out several wet areas/ponds in western and northern Darke Co. Ducks/birds included Gr. and Bl. wing teal, mallards, Hooded Mergansers, Buffleheads, Red heads, Ringnecks, L. Scaup, A. Widgeon, Pintail, Shovelers, Gadwalls, Canvasbacks, Can. Geese, Horned Grebe. N. Harriers, Redtail Hawks, Snipes, E. Meadowlarks, Fox Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, etc. Tonight a few of us walked at a private farm/woods: 4 woodcocks flying 1 screech owl 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Phoebe Bluebirds ______________________________________________________________________ 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]