After arising this AM to hear the Pine Siskins calling and seeing my first Towhee of the season ( male), I decided to abandon my household chores and enjoy the crisp morning. I called a friend and headed to La Due Reservoir. We had 3 species of grebes but lacked in ducks. Highlights were: Bald Eagle- 1 mature Buffleheads- 20+ Wood Ducks- 8 Redbreasted Merg-1 Horned Grebes- 7 Eared Grebe- 1 ( breeding plumage ) Pied-billed Grebe- 4 Coots- 40 Lesser Scaup- 10 Pine Siskins- 3 Purple Finch- 2 Blue Heron - 2 Lake Kelso- Nada Punderson Lake- Hooded Mergs-4 Nice Day Sally Isacco, Chardon ______________________________________________________________________ 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]