I spent parts of yesterday & today checking around the reservoir in this State Park north of Columbus, looking for waterfowl & early migrants.  Little on the early migrants front other than blackbirds, grackles, & cowbirds, but migrant waterfowl are still putting on a good show.  Most of the action has moved away from the south end, despite open areas at the spillway and along the beach.  Many of the shallow coves all along the shoreline are now open, and they seem to be attracting small flocks.  The Cheshire hole is quite large, and still has a good diversity of ducks, but nowhere near the numbers of last week.  Some of the edge pools south of there can be accessed from Old Africa Rd, a closed road bed about 100 yds south of Cheshire Rd.  Stuff there and at Cheshire included:

Wood Ducks - 2 at Old Africa Rd
Green-winged Teal - 3-4 at Old Africa Rd
Gadwall - 5 at Cheshire
Lesser Scaup - 50 at Cheshire, 20 at Old Africa Rd
Greater Scaup - 3 at Cheshire
Canvasback - 2 at Cheshire, 20 at Old Africa Rd
Redhead - 60 at Cheshire, 20 at Old Africa
Ring-necked Duck - 10 at each spot
Bufflehead - 1 female at Cheshire
ComGoldeneye - 15 at Old Africa Rd
Red-br.Mergansers - 16 at Cheshire
Ruddy Ducks - 3 at Cheshire
Horned Grebes - 4 at Cheshire
Cormorants - 18 at Cheshire
Coots - 12 at Cheshire, 2 at Old Africa Rd

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