A check this morning at Watermark quarry revealed a mute swan that dropped in over the evening. Beautiful creature! a male and female hooded merganser has been there for a week. The loon and horned grebe must have left last night. Location: Watermark quarry Observation date: 11/22/09 11AM Number of species: 5 Mute Swan 1 Mallard 4 Ring-necked Duck 20 Hooded Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 6 Location: Blendon Woods Metro Park Observation date: 11/22/09 7:30 AM Number of species: 17 Canada Goose 40 Gadwall 2 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 8 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 15 Tufted Titmouse 15 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 1 Field Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 25 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 10 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]