Today was interesting at the Deer Creek Reservoir : http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/9/pdf/pub156.pdf There was a big turnover in just 2 days since I was last there. Birds in the Reservoir today included : 5 Snow Geese (4 blue, 1 white) 1 ROSS'S GOOSE 4 Tundra Swans Gadwalls Am Black Ducks Mallards Ring-necked Ducks L. Scaups Buffleheads C. Goldeneyes ~80 Hooded Mergansers Ruddy Ducks 1 RED-THROATED LOON 11 Common Loons P-b Grebes 7 Horned Grebes D-c Cormorants Great Blue Herons 6 Black Vultures Am. Coots 2 Sandhill Cranes Killdeers (only a few) 1 Gr. Yellowlegs 5 Dunlins 689 Bonaparte's Gulls (counted!) many Ring-billed Gulls (not counted!) ~15 Herring Gulls When scoping out the reservoir be sure not to miss any nooks and crannies. The reservoir has an odd shape and it is necesary to make a lot of stops. There are birds in every part of the reservoir. The gate to the beach is closed again this year, but parking by the gate is allowed. The road running west from there is also closed off before the last 2 picnic sites, but you can also walk down there. Bob Royse Robert Royse [log in to unmask] www.roysephotos.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5643 (20101123) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]