Linda and I checked the open water area of Hoover Reservoir for the Long-tailed Duck. No luck this trip. There were many fresh prints in the snow where people had gone down by the water near where the bird had been. I expect it was spooked from the area by this. There was waterfowl at several areas with open water including the spillway below the dam, the creek below the dam, Walnut Launch Ramp and Oxbow Road. Oxbow had the most activity both in numbers and variety. Species observed include: Canada Geese - several thousand Mallard - 100+ American Black Duck - 50+ American Wigeon - 27 Northern Shoveler - 75-80 Redhead - 3 Ring-necked Duck - 2 Bufflehead - 1 Hooded Merganser - 100+ Ruddy Duck - 10 On the Christmas Bird Count day and week for the Hoover Reservoir circle we didn't have a single Ring-necked Duck and only 1 Redhead. Add the Ring-neck and yesterday's Long-tailed Duck and that's two new species to pop up since the count. I have one last report to receive and I will be able to post the results for the circle. Charlie Bombaci Compiler, Hoover Reservoir CBC ______________________________________________________________________ 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]