My backyard stretch along the Scioto River in Columbus today holds one of the largest concentrations of ducks I ever recall seeing here. Ducks noted here today in addition to the usual Canada Geese and Mallards included : 6 Wood Ducks 1 N Pintail ~30 Canvasbacks ~75 Redheads ~325 Ring-necked Ducks Greater Scaups (several) ~25 Lesser Scaups 4 Buffleheads ~45 C Goldeneyes 50+ Hooded Mergansers 3 Common Mergansers Also several Pied-billed Grebes and 1 Am Coot. I could have sworn that I heard the chip note of a Pine Warbler here too, but I couldn't relocate the bird once I grabbed my binoculars. In any case, they should be arriving about now in the forests further south. Bob Royse, Columbus Robert Royse [log in to unmask] www.roysephotos.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]