About 30% of Cowan Lake was ice-free today, mostly in the east (upstream) end, plus a strip at the beach and a bit near the dam. The highlight for me was the 10 Tundra Swans. Larry Gara managed to find the Ross's Goose, but it successfully eluded me, as has every Ross's Goose in the state of Ohio for the last seven years. I even went back in the afternoon for a second attempt, again in vain. Other birds and peak numbers: Canada Goose 500 American Widgeon 12 Mallard 63 American Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail 12 Northern Shoveler 2 Canvasback 1 Redhead 6 Ring-necked Duck 34 Lesser Scaup 7 Bufflehead 1 Hooded Merganser 3 Common Merganser 2 Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] Nulla dies sine linea ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]