I tied Michelle with 53. I did have a good start for Feb . I spent 4 hours driving around killdeer plains and found: bald eagle 2nd year 4 harriers kestrel lots of red tails meadow lark w/w cross bills ring neck pheasant wild turkeys am tree sparrows as well as the usual Mike Sandy Rocky River --- On Sun, 2/1/09, Michele Skolmutch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Michele Skolmutch <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Biggest loser? To: [log in to unmask] Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 11:36 AM I think I have you beat, Russell! My January total was 53, birding mostly from the yard with only 1 serious attempt around Holmes/Wayne County. Best birds were common redpoll (yard bird) and a flock of horned larks (a first for me!) found in northern Holmes Co. This is a first attempt at a century list and I'm actually happy with my total. With job, family and school I was surprised I exceeded the half century mark! Happy birding! Michele Skolmutch Between Nashville and Glenmont, Holmes Co., OH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russowl" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 11:02:45 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Biggest loser? that's easy ,, I got 59 and 58 if trumpeter's don't count... Russell Reynolds Lima, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathi Hutton" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:58 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Biggest loser? > Attention Underachievers Club: > > Who has the lowest total in the January 100 Club? I'll start off - 63 > species, with only two serious birding attempts, and random > looking-out-the-window birding the rest of the month. > > Best backyard birds: Horned Larks, Rusty Blackbird, Purple Finch. > Best birds in the field: Rough-legged Hawks (The Wilds), Winter Wren > (Crooked Run, Chilo, SE Clermont County), Northern Harrier (Armleder > Park, Hamilton County) > > Sing out. Who can beat my low number? > > ~Kathi Hutton > Felicity, Clermont County > http://katdocsworld.blogspot.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]