This morning we birded the Guilford Lake area in Columbiana County for about three hours, recording at least 66 species. Temperature went from 31 to 51 degrees during our adventure. Here are some of the highlights: Marsh Wren 2 singing (Depot Road Marsh) American Bittern 1 seen, but silent (Depot Road) Mute Swan 7 Gadwall 3 pair American Wigeon 1 pair Lesser Scaup 60+ Bufflehead 4 males, 1 female Ruddy Duck 22+ Common Loon 2 in breeding plumage (1 calling) Northern Harrier 1 male Bonaparte's Gull 2 in breeding plumage Eastern Screech-Owl 1 gray phase Field Sparrow 8+ Fox Sparrow 1 Pine Siskin 3 Purple Finch 1 pair Bob and Denise Lane _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_042009 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]