I saw a horned grebe in the Scioto...just north of Lane Ave.  There is a park just to the left after heading north on 33/Riverside Dr. from Lane Ave.  Saw it twice about 2 hours apart on Friday afternoon.  Also present were common goldeneyes, two buffleheads, female greater scaup (I think), ring necked duck, hooded mergansers, three mute swans....

Dale Brubeck


---- Robert Royse <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Surf Scoter was in same general vicinity that it was yesterday south of 5th Ave. in the Scioto River. It is best viewed from the west side of the river.  I'll be glad to take anyone down there tomorrow morning at, let's say, 9:30.  Please email me if you're interested and I'll send directions. Of course there is no guarantee that the scoter will still be present.
>
> Perched high atop a spruce today on Lake Shore Drive south of 5th was not a crossbill, but the neighborhood wintering Eastern Phoebe. I hadn't seen it in a while, but I'm glad to see that it too made it through the recent icy weather.
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> Subject: Horned Grebe on Scioto River South of Griggs
> From: Bruce Miller <redtail565 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:59:09 -0500
>
> Hey Fellow Birders,
>
> I have been checking the Scioto River looking for those Scoters reported
> previously. But no luck at all. Last night I was there and a "believed to be"
> Horned Grebe came floating down the river. It was sleeping and never brought
> it's head up, but you could make out its red eye. There was another grebe seen
> from the bike path south of the 5th ave, but too much stuff in the way and the
> approaching darkness prevented me from seeing what kind of grebe.
>
>
> Bruce Miller
> Columbus, OH
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