Had a drake long-tailed duck at the north end of Springfield Lake - by the fire and police buildings - this afternoon. As is often the case, it was hanging by itself and rather close to the shore and not with the red-breasted mergansers at the south end of the lake. Over 30 purple martins were at North Reservoir yesterday evening. Peace, Gregory Bennett Akron, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]