Hello! On my way back home from a job site in Wilmington today (Thurs., Jan. 15th), I stopped at the Melvin Quarry lake on the north side of Rte. 22 in the burg of Melvin a few miles east of Wilmington. There was still some open water on which there was numerous waterfowl. The following birds were observed from about 5 to 5:30 PM: Snow Goose-36 (11 blue phase), 34 took flight circling higher around the lake and eventually were descending toward the lake when I left. Beautiful views in the sun! Cackling Goose-5 maybe 6 swimming together amongst Canada's Bufflehead-X Redhead-X American Wigeon-X Ring-Necked Duck-XX Hooded Merganser-X Northern Pintail-XX Ruddy Duck-X Black Duck-XX Mallard-XXX Canada Goose-XXX Common Grackle-3 in tree next to Melvin Road Horned Lark-XX feeding in Melvin Road right by my car The security guy from the quarry stopped by and told me that there were a lot more waterfowl yesterday (Wed.) than today which is pretty amazing as I thought there were high numbers today. There is a pull off area on the east side of Melvin Road once you turn off Rte. 22. I don't know if or how well this will work but here is a link to the site on Google: _http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=melvin,+ohio&sll= 37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.875284,42.978516&ie=UTF8&ll=39.472709,-83.71213&spn =0.014675,0.037293&t=h&z=15_ (http://m aps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=melvin,+ohio&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.875284,42.978516&ie=UT F8&ll=39.472709,-83.71213&spn=0.014675,0.037293&t=h&z=15) Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]