Hello! I just returned from a trip to Deer Creek Reservoir to look for the Long-Tailed Duck reported by Bob Royse there yesterday. I searched the reservoir from every vantage point but did not turn up the Long-Tailed Duck. Birds I did observe included the following: Snow Goose-2 (white phase near Marina) Ruddy Duck-7 out on lake Greater Yellowlegs-2 near Marina BLACK SCOTER-female in the beach area Green-Winged Teal-2 Ring-Billed Gull-several Bonaparte's Gull-several Herring Gull-2 Hooded Merganser-3 near dam Killdeer-several Probable Common Merganser-at least 2 way out Kingfisher Cormorant Great Blue Heron-several Directions and other information on Deer Creek can be found on the OOS web site. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]