Yesterday Rick Asamoto, Shane Eggleston, Dave True and I birded Caesar Creek and Cowan Lake State Parks. Highlights were Red-throated Loon, Red-necked Grebe and White-winged Scoter. Our group list was (CC = Caesar Creek, CL = Cowan Lake): Canada Goose (CC/CL) Gadwall (CL) American Wigeon (CL) Black Duck (CC/CL) Mallard (CC/CL) N. Pintail (CC/CL) Green-wing Teal (CL) Canvasback (CC/CL) Redhead (CC/CL) Ring-neck Duck (CL) Lesser Scaup (CC) White-winged Scoter (CL) Bufflehead (CC/CL) Common Goldeneye (CC/CL) Hooded Merganser (CC/CL) Common Merganser (CC) Red-breasted Merganser (CL) Ruddy Duck (CL) Red-throated Loon (CC) Pied-billed Grebe (CL) Horned Grebe (CC) Red-necked Grebe (CL) Great Blue Heron (CC/CL) Black Vulture (CL) Turkey Vulture (CL) Northern Harrier (CC) Sharp-shinned Hawk (CL) Cooper's Hawk (Wilmington) Red-shouldered Hawk (CL, very vocal) Red-tailed Hawk (CC/CL) Kestrel (CC/CL) Coots (CC) Killdeer (CC/CL) Ring-billed Gull (CC/CL) Rock Pigeon (Wilmington) Mourning Dove (CC/CL) Belted Kingfisher (CC) Red-bellied Woodpecker (CC) Downy Woodpecker (CL) Hairy Woodpecker (CL) Pileated Woodpecker (CC/CL Red-bellied Woodpecker (CC) Blue Jay (CC/CL) Crow (CC/CL) Carolina Wren (CL) Mockingbird (CL) Starling (CC/CL) American Tree Sparrow (CL) Song Sparrow (CL) Junco (CL) Cardinal (CL) Red-winged Blackbird (CL) House Finch (CL) John Habig 261 Lantis Dr. Carlisle, Ohio 45005 [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]