Made my orunds of the resevoirs today , started at Bresler. Had 2 tundra swans  and tons of ruddy ducks. Had a nice size  group of common merganser females. Also 2 horned grebes . There were a couple of dark gulls out in the area of the sunken island that is about to be a mud flat soon  if the water drops a little .  Gulls were standing  there in the shallow water. Too far to make out what they were. Also had a flock of I would say 30 snow buntings fly by right at the boat ramp . Thought  thye were going to land right there on the top of the bank but didn't. I then went to the other side of town to metzger and ferguson resevoirs.   Like wise a lot of ruddy ducks . 13 tundra swans . A few coots. Then over  to  Lima Lake and  just 3 coots there . I didn't  go back and look in the south west corner .  Was tempted to take a walk in the pine grove to look for owls but it was so dark  thought I'd wait for a better day. Really enjoyed seeing those snow buntings. They look liker snow flakes  int hefly and fall towards the crowd. Russell    Lima, Ohio   Allen  County

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