Hi Folks - Nothing unusual at Summit Lake (Akron), Nesmith Lake (Portage Lakes, Akron), and Springfield Lake (east Akron, Springfield); however these mid-sized bodies of water have harbored quite a few rare birds in their day and are always worth checking, especially this time of year. I did a quick run-around in hopes of turning up an odd scoter or other waterbird. Summit Lake Ruddy Duck - 42 Green-winged Teal - 3 American Coot - 80 Nesmith Lake Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Horned Grebe - 3 Ruddy Duck - 9 Springfield Lake - completely empty, of birds that is - Pied-billed Grebe - 1 best of birding -Jen Brumfield Akron, Ohio [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct ______________________________________________________________________ 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]