Summit Lake gave up some first-of-season finds this afternoon... North end in canal: lone drake canvasback South end from the new boardwalk offering excellent views: many Am. coots one pied billed grebe handsome pair of northern shovelers pair of ruddy ducks one ring necked duck At Firestone Metro Park: two rusty blackbirds killdeer calling overhead wood duck heard but not seen CVNP Tuesday night: At Bath Rd/Cuyahoga river: green winged teal, as reported on this list, in the river south the Bath Rd bridge. wood ducks in river north of the Bath Rd bridge. plenty of great blue herons in the heronry. At "Beaver Marsh" on Riverview Rd. (north of Ira trailhead): one American wigeon a bunch of scaup? or ring necked? (it was pretty dusk at this point) wood ducks At Horseshoe Pond (Major Rd.) red breasted nuthatches heard but not seen in their usual hotspot, spruce woods along boardwalk Red winged blackbirds are everywhere in modest numbers, including 8 females. No mergansers anywhere! Yet. Karen Gray Copley / Summit Co. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]