I started at Wellington Res., and moved westward. The area around Bellvue which was excellent for shorebirds in '08, was pretty great for ducks and geese today. There is almost as much water around there now as there was last summer. It may again be a great area for shorebirds in the next couple of months if the water level stays the same. Also seen while driving: Coopers Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 1 noshing on carrion in a agricultural field Turkey Vultures 20 Am. Kestrel 4 Horned Larks xxx * Location: Wellington Upground Res.* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 14 Canada Goose 12 Redhead 14 Ring-necked Duck 55 Greater/Lesser Scaup 75 Bufflehead 10 Hooded Merganser 1 Red-breasted Merganser 8 Ruddy Duck 60 Pied-billed Grebe 3 *Horned Grebe * 12 Turkey Vulture 3 American Coot 40 Ring-billed Gull 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 *Location: Norwalk Reservoir* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 13 Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 1 Lesser Scaup 4 Ruddy Duck 8 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 9 American Crow 4 American Robin 4 Eastern Meadowlark 1 FOS *Location: CR 34 at TR80 Seneca County* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 13 *Snow Goose 4 FOS* Canada Goose 20 *Trumpeter Swan 4* Gadwall 10 American Wigeon 40 American Black Duck 15 Mallard 40 Blue-winged Teal 4 Northern Shoveler 40 Northern Pintail 50 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 5 Horned Lark X *Location: TWP Rd 80 Seneca Cty* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 4 Canada Goose 5 Mallard 5 Ring-necked Duck 6 Lesser Scaup 4 *Location: TR 292 S.of Tracks Sandusky Cty* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 4 Killdeer 4 Bonaparte's Gull 8 Ring-billed Gull 10 Herring Gull 2 *Location: TR 205 at TR 288 Sandusky Cty* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 12 American Wigeon 10 Blue-winged Teal 5 Northern Shoveler 20 Green-winged Teal 15 Ring-necked Duck 6 Greater/Lesser Scaup 8 Bufflehead 5 Ruddy Duck 9 Horned Grebe 1 Killdeer 6 *Pectoral Sandpiper 20 FOS* Ring-billed Gull 8 *Location: S Ridge Rd (RT 175)between TR 278 & Tr 288 Sandusky Cty* Observation date: 3/29/09 Number of species: 5 Canada Goose 4 American Wigeon 20 Mallard 25 Green-winged Teal 9 Ring-necked Duck 15 See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]