Hi Ohio Birders, I Birded East Fork State Park today. It was windy and overcast, but the rain held off until 12:30pm. The gate to the beach was closed this morning so I birded the area near the gate from 8am until 8:50am. I then birded the twin ponds and from there I went to the south boat ramp. From the south ramp I saw an adult Bald Eagle out over the lake scaring ducks up. There were two Common Goldeneye in the sheltered water near the south boat ramp. I could not Id the ducks that were on the lake from that point so I went to the dam. From the dam I could make out groups of ducks, but it was difficult to Id all of them because the water was very rough. In an effort to get a better view of the ducks on the lake I went to the north boat ramp. The lake is low so I could walk out on the island near the ramp. When I made my way out to the west side of the island I could see a bird near the dam. I put the scope on the bird and it was a Red-necked Grebe in breeding plumage. Scoping from the island provided a better view of the ducks on the lake. Other groups of ducks were scattered in various sheltered coves around the lake. I found several very large flocks of Northern Cardinals around the lake including close to 50 around the Corp of Engineers office. Birds seen at East Fork State Park include: Red-necked Grebe 1 Black Vulture 6 Turkey Vulture 15 Canada Goose 30 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 8 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 6 Ring-necked Duck 75 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 5 Hooded Merganser 10 Bald Eagle 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 24 Ring-billed Gull 50 Mourning Dove 12 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 4 Blue Jay 50 American Crow 35 Carolina Chickadee 24 Tufted Titmouse 24 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Carolina Wren 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 50 European Starling 30 Cedar Waxwing 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 Eastern Towhee 6 American Tree Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 24 White-throated Sparrow 30 Dark-eyed Junco 200 Northern Cardinal 150 Red-winged Blackbird 20 House Finch 1 Peace and good birds, Bill Stanley ______________________________________________________________________ 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]