I was out scouting for the Columbus CBC and found quite a few unusual waterfowl in some very unexpected places. Basically I was visiting ponds & parks in East Columbus & Gahanna and found scads of Mallards & Geese. In among them at several stops were Mute Swan, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Wigeon, a Shoveler, Lesser Scaup and quite a few Hooded Mergansers. Given Nate Nye's reports of unusual geese out in Hilliard, birders in central Ohio might want to double-check local waterfowl flocks over the next few days, as it appears that the freezing temperatures to the north of us are driving down unusual waterbirds. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]