I stopped briefly at several spots around the reservoir north of Columbus yesterday and found the kaleidoscope of migrating waterbirds was shifting again.  The totals for the portion of the lake around and below the Chesire bridge down to the dam included
Black Ducks - 10+, several locations
Gadwall - 8+, mostly down by the dam
Lesser Scaup - 250+ (mostly in a huge raft down by the dam)
Bufflehead - 5, mostly down by the dam
Hooded Merganser - 2 off SummerRidge access
Red-br. Mergansers - 8+ off the Cheshire causeway
Ruddy Ducks - 30+ down near the dam
American Coot - 30+ near dam
Common Loon - 2 off SummerRidge access
Pied-billed Grebe - 2 near the dam
Horned Grebe - 24+, at several sites around the reservoir
Kildeer - 10+ across all sites
Greater Yellowlegs - along sandflats off SummerRidge access
Bonaparte's Gull - 150+ scattered all around the reservoir
Ring-billed Gull - 120+, mostly down near the dam and beach area
Herring Gull - 20+, mostly around the beach area

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