The Red-throated Loon (RTLO) found on Friday, 11/17/06 by Larry Gara and Rick Asamoto was still present this morning and seen from Furnas Boat Ramp. I arrived at first light at about 6;30 am and found the RTLO with three Common Loons southeast of the boat ramp. The four loons gradually worked their way right/north past the island and then started diving along the far shore. At about 7:15 am. I left to check out the beach, but found only 1 Common Loon, 2 Horned Grebes, about 45 American Coots, 2 Ring-billed Gulls and 3 Killdeer. I returned to Furnas Boat Ramp, which is accessed across Rt 73 from the entry to the beach. There I met Andy Bess from Cincinnati, and we went across the lake to the lodge and hiked down to the lake. We saw one Common Loon from there, and then walked back up the old road. We could not see all the loons from the far shore in the vicinity of the lodge, because they were mostly hidden by a rounded point of land to the south east of our position. We couldn't work our way southeast, because there was youth hunting in that area today. Andy and I returned to Furnas Boat Ramp and were soon joined by Jeff Brown, Mike Busam, Larry Gara and Rick Asamoto. We found the Red-throated Loon rather far out at first, but got better looks as it worked north and then east to get closer to Furnas Boat Ramp. I took some long-distance digiscoped photos. As we watched the loon a female Surf Scoter landed in front of us, closer than the loon and gave everyone great looks. Everyone went to Harveysburg Road, where we found 3 Bufflehead, 1 Horned Grebe, 1 close Common Loon, and about 5 very distant Common Loons on the northeast end of the lake. Otherwise, not much action at Caesar Creek this morning. Jay Jay G. Lehman Cincinnati OH [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]