After a long dry period Cowan Lake is again starting to attract the migrants which go through this part of Ohio. This morning there was a nice variety of waterfowl even without any rarity. Most were seen from the beach. c. 100 Ring-billed Gulls Pied-billed Grebe Hooded Mergansers (always neat to watch) 1 Redhead Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Gadwall Mallard Red-shouldered Hawk (H) Killdeer I also checked the lake at Melvin Gravel Pit and found nada. However, one of the workers told me there had biien many ducks there earlier in the day so it is worth checking. Fall Weather Cheers, Larry Gara Wilmington, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]