This morning Rick Asamoto and I drove to Cowan Lake to check on the Heronry and whatever else we might find. Rick counted 13 active nests and 3 or 4 others which may be a work in progress. We also had 2 Red-shouldered Hawk nests, one on Old State Road and the other in the woods by the Cowan Picnic Area. The most surprising sighting was 17 Common Loons on the lake and nothing else except Coots and Canadas.This must be a high point for Loon migration Windy Day Cheers, Larry Gara, Wilmington ______________________________________________________________________ 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]