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Went out this afternoon to get the truck dirty and pretty well accomplished that mission. (Might as well get your money's worth at the car wash.) The best news is that the eagles appear to be building a new nest fairly close to last year's location--remember the nest was blown down in a storm just before the young would have fledged. The nest seems to be pretty close to completion and there were two adults close to it. The signs were down at SO so we went into the refuge itself. It is still pretty well iced over so there weren't many birds around but we did see a couple of Red-shouldered Hawks and about a dozen Ring-necked Ducks in one of the few places where there was a little open water. Also got a few Gadwalls and Mallards as well as quite a few Swamp and White-Crowned Sparrows, one Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, four eagles that were not close to the nest and the ubiquitous Canada Geese. Did not see any snows at all today. Came home through Horton Bottoms but didn't see much. A lot of the country roads are still covered with snow and are VERY messy. Be careful if you are out there! Dorothoy Lambert _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus __________________________________________________ * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *------------------------------------------------* * To unsubscribe send the message * * SIGNOFF MOBIRDS-L * * to [log in to unmask] * * To subscribe send the message * * SUBSCRIBE MOBIRDS-L your name * * to [log in to unmask] * *------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives from July 2002 on: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * ##################################################