Canton Audubon took their "Mystery" Field Trip yesterday, destination western Lake Erie. At Metzger Marsh: Canada Geese Tundra Swans--couple of nice sized flocks NO puddle ducks! Canvasbacks--a few thousand--many too far away to get anywhere close to a decent estimate Redheads--many Ring-necked Ducks--many Lesser Scaup--a lot but less than ring-necks Buflehead--a lot Hooded Merganser--a lot Pied-billed Grebe--a few Horned Grebe--several American Coot--a lot On the auto tour: All of the above plus Trumpter Swans--2 pair (1 pair with neck bands & 1 pair VERY close to the road. There were probably more but we were hard put to tell them from the very large numbers of Tundras. Mute Swans--2 or 3, I forget exactly Gadwalls--2 flocks of about 1/2 doz. American wigeons--a few American Black Ducks--2 Northern Shovelers--about 50, in the pond at the 1st right turn Green-winged teals--3, 1st pond Common Goldeneye--1 female, 1st pond Common Mergansers--about 1/2 doz. Red-breasted Mergansers--8, flyover at 1st pond Ruddy Ducks--6--last pond Great-blue Herons--3 or 4 Highlights of "other" birds seen during the day included 7 or 8 Bald Eagles, 2 Northern Harriers, 2 or 3 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 accipiter, probably a Sharp-shinned, 2 or 3 Kestrels, several Killdeer and a few Horned Larks, which was a life bird for at least 1 member of the group. Hope I didn't forget anything. A good trip with good friends. Laura Dornan Louisville, Stark County ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]