My weekly grassland sparrow survey was wet but interesting. GRSP and SASP still common with 7 and 17 respectively. Last Henslow was 9/20, few FISP around, last Vesper 9/17. Approx 250 TRSW were slowly working the fields at weed top level. THey would periodically land or hoover and pick the torpid grasshoppers off the weeds. I saw one bird grasping a large grasshopper in its beak by a rear leg. It flew 50 ft up and dropped the insect swooping down and re-catching it. She did this three times until she caught it in a position it could be swallowed on the wing. Only other birds of note were an American Golden Plover- a first county record for me- and three Harriers. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]