In the drizzle before the snowstorm, I spent the morning checking first
Hoover Dam, then open stretches of Alum Creek and Big Walnut Creek a bit
further south.  Both waterbirds & landbirds were well-represented, with the
most interesting being

Waterfowl - 2 Wood Ducks were with a flock of 70+ Mallards at Woodside
Green Park. the spillway at Hoover Dam had more Mallards plus 2 N.Shovelers
and 12 Gadwalls
Raptors - not much but did have an adult Red-shouldered Hawk hunting in
Academy Park along Big Walnut Creek
Great Horned owl - 1 was calling in pre-dawn darkness at Woodside Green
park in Gahanna
Gulls - good-sized flock of 150+ Ring-bills around the dam also contained
15+ Herring Gulls
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 was along the edge of the spillway below Hoover Dam
Other Landbirds - about what you might expect.

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