I got a chance to bird a little at Medusa marsh early this morning in weather only a duck could love-strong north winds and rain. There were hundreds of mallards, lesser numbers of gadwall and American wigeon, and a few pintails and black ducks in the pools by the road. The birds all lifted off at one point due to some hunting activity to the west. There were also about 20 hooded mergansers just to the north and west of the 269 exit off of Route 2. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]