Carol Bretz, Bob Lane and myself spent 5 hours today braving the elements and covering any open water we could find in northern Columbiana and southern Mahoning Counties. Here is our list: 40 Canada Geese 150 Mallards 8 Black Ducks 70 Gadwalls 20 Northern Shovelers 8 Lesser Scaup 4 Ring-necked Duck 1 Surf Scoter 16 Buffleheads 8 Ruddy Ducks 60 Hooded Mergansers 1 Red-breasted Merganser 100 Coots 4 Pied-billed Grebes 100 Ring-billed Gulls 2 Red-tailed Hawks 2 Bald Eagles 3 Black Vultures (over New Waterford, Photo posted on the Forum) 1 Kingfisher 1 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Bluebirds 1 Tree Sparrow Jim Dolan East Palestine ______________________________________________________________________ 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]