On such a rainy afternoon that only a duck could love, I checked into the only sizeable open water around AlumCreekLake: the spillway below the dam and the Cheshire hole.  Geese were mostly away somewhere else, but diving ducks definitely picked up the slack. No unusual large gulls, however, at either spot.  Notables included:

Long-tailed Ducks - the duo at Cheshire continue to put on a good show
Common Mergansers - 100+ at the Cheshire hole is a goodly number for central Ohio
Red-br.Mergansers - 50+ were at Cheshire, while 2 were in the spillway
Hooded Mergansers - 10 were in the spillway
CommonGoldeneye - 90+ were at Cheshire
Bufflehead - 1 lone male was at Cheshire
Redhead - a whopping 250 were in the spillway, and another 100 were at Cheshire
Canvasback - the spillway had 80, while Cheshire had another 70
Gr.Scaup - 2 were at Cheshire
L.Scaup - 20 were at the spillway, while 10 were at Cheshire
Dabblers - Cheshire had attracted 6 Pintail, 2 Wigeon, and 4 Gadwall, among some 40 Mallards
Other waterfowl - Cheshire still had 2 Horned Grebes
Gulls - a dozen Herring and some 50 Ring-billed were at Cheshire

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