The Mosquito Lake region did not disappoint today. There were many migrants passing overhead with many new arrivals around the region. Light winds and mild temperatures were a welcome change to man and bird alike. Pie-billed Grebe - 3 Horned Grebe - 5 Common Loon - 17 Hooded Merganser - 9 Common Merganser - 2 Canvas Back - 1 Ring-neck Duck - 359 Bufflehead - 250+ (actively diving - hard to count) Green-wing Teal - 2 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Common Snipe - 6 Eastern Meadowlark - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 6 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Northern Flicker - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Swamp Sparrow - 3 Tree Sparrow - numerous Song Sparrow - more numerous Tree Swallow - 7 Great Blue Heron - 3 Rough-legged Hawk - 1 Red Tail Hawk - 29 Red-shouldered Hawk - 7 Bald Eagle - 11 Northern Harrier - 10 American Kestrel - 1 Unidentified Raptors (Buteos) - 3 Turkey Vulture - very many Osprey - 2 (building a nest on platform at the end of Mahan Denman Rd) Northern Shrike - 1 (not witnessed, but reported from a passing unnamed birder in the area where they have been seen most this past winter) The Mosquito Lake Region is: Mosquito Lake - Delorme pg.43 A-B 5.5 Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area - Delorme pg 43 A5 Grand River Wildlife Area - Delorme pg 42 A4 Enjoy the birds Andrew Morrison Kirtland, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]