Hi all, Beth and I went to Hayes and Peters Roads in Geauga County this morning, looking for some winter birds. For those who don’t know it, Hayes Road is a (mostly) Amish farm road, going north-south. It’s just east of Middlefield, practically at the Trumbull County line. It’s often a good place for winter migrants. Also a good place for conversations with other birders and with Amish farmers, who in our experience really know their birds. We had a nice chat with a guy who had just finished spreading manure on a field. Here’s what we saw in a couple of hours: Canada Goose, 2 Rock Pigeon, 19 Bald Eagle, 2 (an obvious pair, and their nest is easily seen in the woods east of Hayes Rd. Rough-legged Hawk, 4 (3 dark morph, 1 light) Downy Woodpecker, 1 American Crow, 3 European Starling, 160 (well this is what we reported to e-bird. Really, we couldn’t count them all, probably a lot more than this) Eastern Bluebird, 3 (2 males, 1 female) House Sparrow, 32 House Finch, 3 (1 male, 2 females) Northern Cardinal, 1 male We had hoped to see Snow Buntings and Horned Larks—the latter had been reported there and nearby, but no luck. Best wishes, Steve Cagan Cuyahoga County -- -------------------------------------------- Steve Cagan, photographer [log in to unmask] www.stevecagan.com www.elchocomining.net http://elchocomining.tumblr.com www.pbase.com/stevecagan www.stevecagan.blogspot.com http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/stevecagan 216-932-2753 (USA) 311-799-4057 (Colombia) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]