I headed up to the Hoover Reservoir this afternoon. I expected to find at least a few spots of open water with waterfowl, but it was still mostly frozen. The only open patch I noticed was from the Sunbury Rd. Bridge where there was no convenient place to stop. Striking out there, I headed a bit eastward to the egg farms between Hoover and Johnstown in Licking County.

Tagg Rd. between Westley Chapel Rd. and Roberts Rd. (DeLorme p. 58 C4), where manure was spread a few weeks ago, continues as the most interesting road in the area.  The monster flocks of thousands of Horned Larks have dispersed widely throughout the area, but there was a nice flock of ~200 Lapland Longspurs and a couple dozen Snow Buntings on Tagg Rd.

The only real sign of spring being around the corner was ~10 or so scattered Turkey Vultures seen in the Hoover/western Licking Co. area.

Bob Royse

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