Dan, Rob, Ken, Julie and Doreen were visiting Spring Valley today and I was able to join them. Along the bike path north of the Prothonotary Warbler Pond we found a Brown Thrasher. It was between the bike path and the pond. Park in the south parking lot, go to the bike path and turn right looking from the parking lot area to just beyond the beaver dam. That is where we saw it. The spring where the rail was seen was completely frozen over. This is the first time I have ever seen this happen. We did not see the rails, snipe or either marsh or winter wren. Rick Asamoto just called me to say he located a pipit along the Great Miami River in West Carrolton near the boat ramp. John Habig 261 Lantis Dr. Carlisle, Ohio 45005 [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]