The waterfowl migration was going full throttle at Hoover Reservoir this afternoon. Linda and I made a circuit of the reservoir and there was activity everywhere from the dam north to Galena. Several of the better stops were at the dam where the highlight was the Red-throated Loon that is keeping company with the Common Loons, the East Walnut Street Boat Ramp where there was a second Red-throated Loon, Oxbow Road which was hosting over 100 Ruddy Ducks, Dustin Road where there were several hundred Ring-necked Ducks, the Area M Boardwalk where we observed the Osprey back at the nesting platform, and Twin Bridges with several hundred Red-Breasted Mergansers. Each stop had a variety of other activity making the trip enjoyable and productive. Species of interest beyond the regular cast included: RED-THROATED LOON Common Loon Pied-Billed Grebe Horned Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Black Vulture Wood Duck Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck OSPREY Bald Eagle Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve Delorme 58 C (2) & (3) **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]