I had a look at the Mahoning R. today; as expected, the current thaw has the river running high and murky now. Only a few diving ducks were seen. I looked around some other areas of eastern Mahoning Co. An imm. greater white-fronted goose was with Canada geese along Yellow Creek near the Evans L. spillway. Two purple finches were a welcome sight in Coitsville Twp. Also seen today were wild turkeys, red-tailed hawks, 3 red-shouldered hawks, 2 Cooper's hawks, Am. kestrel, Carolina wren, e. bluebirds, Am. robin, Am. tree sparrows, and 2 white-throated sparrows. No blackbirds of any sort were encountered today. Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ 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]