My apologies for the alliteration. This morning there are two groups of coots, totaling >50 birds, floating together in two tight clusters in two small openings in the ice on the pond where US 33 (Dublin Road) and the I-270 exit ramp come together. In the more distant opening there are also some two dozen unidentified ducks (possibly blacks) -- but they were hard to identify because of the sun angle. The clusters of coots were tucked together really tightly in the ~12 degree early morning temp. Howard Mueller Phone: 415-987-3106 (cell) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]