An after the fact thought, this morning, is that on late Thursday afternoon, on my way home from work and the Black-headed Gull excitement in the Cleveland area, I noticed that at the west end of West Branch Reservoir by Knapp Road and SR14, the two previously reported white plastic flamingoes / Great Egret imposters, were gone. Apparently whoever created this very realistic deception decided to retrieve, definitely by boat, the counterfeits from the lake for the winter. Bob Lane / Damascus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]