I visited the Grand Lake St Mary's area, Van Wert and the Lima Reservoirs. Highlights were 42 Greater White-fronted Geese at the Mercer Wildlife Area (Mercer County), a White-winged Scoter (female) at the Van Wert Reservoir, and 4 Snow Buntings between Ferguson and Metzger reservoirs in Lima. Waterfowl seen today are listed below.

At the Mercer Wildlife Area:
Greater White-fronted Goose 42
Canada Goose
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Hooded Merganser

The reservoir in Van Wert:
Mallard 7
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 4
Redhead 63
Ring-necked Duck 31
Greater Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 51
White-winged Scoter 1
Bufflehead 1
Horned Grebe 5

Bressler Reservoir had 2-300 ducks which included scaup and Redhead, but otherwise they were too distant for me to ID.

Ferguson and Metzger Reservoirs in Lima:
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 3
Northern Shoveler 2
Canvasback 3
Redhead 382
Ring-necked Duck 37
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 30
Scaup sp 180
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 7
Ruddy Duck 2
Horned Grebe 5

Rick Asamoto
Miamisburg

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