I got a call from my "contact" at my local city hall this afternoon stating there had been a report of a very aggressive water fowl on the small city fishing pond & could I please let them know what it is & if anything needed to be done about it. Went straight over & could hardly believe my eyes but there it was...a juvenile common loon! The locals who fish there often said it had been there since early April. Most people did not know what it was, though a few did but no one seemed taken by the fact that this is a VERY unusual bird to find on such a small pond, especially in June! But the probability is that the pond is too small for him to be able to get a long enough run to take off. Came home & started making some calls to see if he can be rescued & taken to a larger body of water. That process is still in the works & now time is becoming more critical. At 2:00 this afternoon, he was swimming & diving & catching bait as people tried to fish. We went back later to get some pictures & found him sitting on the bank. There is fishing line wrapped around at least 1 leg & part of his body & some more line hanging from his mouth, which indicates he has a hook in his mouth. So now he will require at least some rehabilitation before release. So if anyone wants to see a Common Loon in northeastern Ohio in June, make a quick trip to Louisville. South on SR 44 from SR 62. Turn right at the BP station onto SR 153. Go west on 153 (Main St.) to the 1st street past the Dairy Queen on the north side of the street. Turn right into Constitution Park and the pond. I am hoping we can get him rescued sometime tomorrow but it may take a few good hands. Laura Dornan Louisville **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]