I decided this afternoon that since the family went shopping and I cleaned the whole house I was going birding despite the wind. I saw a pair of bald eagles wrestling over the Sandusky River in Upper. At the Upper Reservoir there were pied-billed grebes, buffleheads, ring-necked ducks, and ruddy ducks. At Killdeer I had the same birds that were reported from this morning, but I also had a small group of *Brewer's blackbirds* with 5 killdeer and some starlings on 77 between 123 and 108 (in wheat stubble on the north side). Also at Killdeer was a meadowlark, great blue heron, and mockingbird along with many bluebirds, harriers, and kestrals. At the pond behind Guardian Industries was a lone snow goose with hundreds of Canada geese. I stopped at Oak Hill Cemetery to check for the crossbill's return. No luck. I had a group that were either goldfinches or house finches but I didn't get a good look. It may be worth checking on a less windy day. Eric Mullholand Social Studies Teacher CEA President Head Softball Coach Student Council Advisor ______________________________________________________________________ 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]