This afternoon Linda and I used our free time to check for activity at Hoover Reservoir. The reservoir is open after the recent warm spell but some one forgot to tell the waterfowl. Activity was slow all through the lower portion of the reservoir with the only decent results at Oxbow Road. At Oxbow we located 2 Bald Eagles in the trees to the north of the causeway. In the first cove on the north there were 8 Hooded Mergansers and some Mallards. Out in the large open water area to the south of the causeway there were 6 Common Mergansers, more Hoodies and many Canada Geese. Near the back of Oxbow we located some very cold looking Great Blue Herons. If birds can show contempt for the weather these guys were doing it. We next stopped at Mudhen Marsh as Linda has not seen any Red-headed Woodpeckers thus far this year. Within a minute of taking up position to see their new territory they obliged and put on a show for her. Charlie Bombaci **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]