Karin Tanquist and I had a quick but productive stop at the beaver pond at the Towpath Trail at the Ira Trailhead in the CVNP last evening. There were 10 species of waterfowl, including a nice collection of a dozen Hooded Mergansers. It was also good to see the Tree Swallows back. Highlights below. 1-Tundra Swan 5-Wood Duck 2-American Black Duck 10+Mallard 2-Blue-winged Teal 5-Ring-necked Duck 2-Lesser Scaup 5-Bufflehead 12-Hooded Merganser 40+Canada Goose 1- Red-Shouldered Hawk Tree Swallows Patrick Coy Peninsula, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]