I got to do some quick scans at various spots in Mahoning Co. and Portage Co. the last couple days, while on non-birding travels. The north end of L. Milton held a few Am. black ducks, a common loon, and 250 Bonaparte's gulls. A pond nearby in Jackson Twp. had a couple wood ducks. At the SW end of West Branch SP (Rte. 14 crossing) are large mudflats; 50 killdeer were there. Back east, Evans L. had 15 pied-billed grebes and 90 Am. coots. Pine L. had 125 ruddy ducks. Belted kingfishers linger at these two lakes also. Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ 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]