My first stop this morning was Alum Creek S. P. I parked on Lewis Center Rd. and walked up the trail past the visitor's center to the beach. Not much to see there. A small flock of ring-billed gulls and one juvenile herring gull were down by the water. Some horned larks were feeding on the lawn near the sign with the big 2 on it. Then I walked across the damn where I saw one pie-billed grebe, Next I went to Hoover Reservoir where my first stop was Oxbow. At Oxbow I saw two small flocks (5 or 6 individuals each) of American Coots. Several American pipits were on the mudflats at the boardwalk. Not much else at that stop except some gulls and crows in the distance. Three pie-billed grebes made an appearance at Hoover Dam. There were turkey vultures overhead at both Alum Creek and Hoover Meadows. Killdeer were heard at both Alum Creek and Oxbow. Not all species seen are mentioned. Al La Sala 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]