Well, I fear that the Snow Geese at Big Island have flown to warmer pastures. As the Short-eared owls were coming out to play, the geese flew up and up and out of sight, heading west. They may have flown somewhere close by, but I doubt it. they were higher in the sky than I have ever seen them, and they were getting into more of a formation for flying instead of the close murmur type groupings that they were using closer to the ground. We shall see. The rest of the birds were the typical winter birds. Happy Birding, and God Bless. Steve J Big Island Wildlife Area--North of Marion-Agosta Rd., Marion, Ohio, US Feb 9, 2016 5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: <br />Submitted from eBird Android 1.0.2-beta4 6 species Snow Goose 80 Both blue and white morphs. Continuing flock. Ross's Goose 15 Continuing flock. Mixed in with flock of Snow Geese Canada Goose 50 Not many around today...pretty much flyovers. Mallard 16 Northern Harrier 3 Short-eared Owl 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27405337 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]