Today I stopped at several places along the Scioto River from Shawnee 
Hills down to Trabue Road.  Of course there were few places that had open 
water.  Below O'Shaughnessy Dam all the way down to Dublin Kiwanis Park 
there were large flocks pf the usual mallards and Canada Geese.  Mixed in 
with those I found several Hooded Mergansers, about a dozen common 
goldeneyes, and even a pair of horned grebes.  Below Griggs Dam there were 
mallards, Canada Geese, and Hooded Mergansers.  I still haven't found any 
coots or northern pintails this month despite all the reports of them in 
the Columbus area on this list serve.
There was a large flock of house finches at Scioto Park.  Also seen there 
were northern cardinals, white breasted nuthatches, house sparrows, and a 
white-throated sparrow.
At Dublin Kiwanis I saw a first winter swamp sparrow in the company of an 
adult swamp sparrow.

Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

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