I went up to Alum Creek Dam today but was unable to relocate the Northern Rough-Winged Swallow I saw last Saturday. Above the dam I did locate 1 Common Loon, 2 Horned Grebes, 10 American Coots, 5 Buffleheads, and 8 Mallards. In addition, numerous Ring-Billed Gulls and Bonaparte's Gulls were flying around. I walked the nature trail from the dam, past the visitor center, to the beach. At the beach I saw over 20 Horned Larks including adults and juveniles. There were at least 8 Killdeer. On the end of a small spit opposite the soccer pitch was a mixed flock of gulls including at least two Herring Gulls. Landbirds included American Tree Sparrow, White-Throated Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Dark-Eyed Junco, American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, Red- Bellied Woodpecker, and Northern Mockingbird. Al LaSala Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]