I counted 873 individual waterfowl of 12 species at Cowan Lake this afternoon. The noteworthy count was 500 Lesser Scaup. The previous high count over four years of careful counts was 292 on 17 Mar 08. I did not find the Long-tailed Duck or the White-winged Scoters, though Bob Foppe did, at the marina about half an hour after I had counted birds there. We also saw the Greater Yellowlegs and two Wilson's Snipe at the east end close to the shore where the boat docks have been rebuilt. No white geese today. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ 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]