I am sure that the Arctic Loon is now feeding heavily in the runoff waters of Arcola Creek at the end of Dock Road in Madison Township - must be the same bird John Pogacnik described - and the spitting image of bird 18b on page 35 of Peter Harrison's Seabirds. I don't have a decent camera but I am pretty sure that this is a nonbreeding adult - white flank patch and all. This is a lifer for me! and right in my own front yard. at the end of Driftwood Drive. Carol Takacs Madison,OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]