Stopped by at 3:30pm today for 15 min on the west side. The brilliant sunny day made the birds really stand out on the glassy calm water thru my spotting scope. A huge number of Bonaparte's Gulls and Red-Breast Mergansers. But 4 close up loons were the best! Location: Hoover Reservoir Observation date: 3/24/10 Number of species: 8 Canada Goose 20 Mallard 10 Hooded Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 50 Common Loon 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Bonaparte's Gull 100 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]