Forgot to mention that Brad Sparks and I snooped around central Ohio yesterday, and at Buck Creek SP he spotted a red-necked grebe out on the lake--still in breeding plumage--among small numbers of goldeneyes, buffleheads, ruddy ducks, g-w teals, hooded mergs. These birds were at unsatisfactory distances for true admiration of their plumages, but still identifiable. This is a tad early for the grebe, but not remarkably so. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]