Mattt Valencic asked me to post this for him: Regarding loon fallout’s, I visited the boat launch area at C. J. Brown Reservoir (Springfield, OH) today at 3:30pm for about 15 minutes. Cranking my 20 – 60X Zeiss spotting scope up to 60X I counted over 200 loons (Sp?) near the far north shore, mostly just preening or floating. I looked at Google Maps and the area they were all lounging in was directly west of the Buck Creek State Park peninsula. Other smaller birds were scattered among them but were way too far away for me to I.D.. There were quite a few Bonaparte’s Gulls moving as well. Several common loons were scattered widely across the open expanse of water between the boat launch and that northern shore. These birds were all actively fishing unlike the birds to the north. The map shows that Rt. 4 runs along the north side of the reservoir. Does anyone know if there are access points along that shore to get to with a scope? I will be back here again Monday and would like to spend more time if the loons are still there. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]