We spent the day birding at Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County on Saturday. The highlight of the day was nearby. There was a huge flock of Lapland Longspur on Township Road 65 near the intersection with US-23 just NE of Harpster. Over 250 Longspurs with just a few Horned Larks. Quite a sight to see the flock in the air, all at the same time. There was a large flock of American Tree Sparrows -- at least 50 -- feeding in the parking lot for Pond 30 on the east end of the wildlife area. We found a pod of birds on the road outside Pond 3 and watched 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers feeding in a cornfield beside the road. Many Trumpeter Swans were talking to each other on the Harold Roe Wetland and we found more on Pond 27. Ducks were scarce with just a few Mallards staying around during the cold weather. At sunset we parked in parking area U near the wildlife headquarters. We watched at least 800 Canada Geese fly in to the area for the night. And right on time, about 20 minutes after sunset, a Short-eared Owl soared by. In the morning we had hiked looking for Long-eared Owls but did not find any. We also watched for Northern Shrikes, but didn't find any. All in all quite a nice day of birding and the ice storm cooperated in passing by south of us. Ken Ostermiller Westfield Center ______________________________________________________________________ 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]