Linda and I checked out several areas with open water on Hoover Reservoir, Oxbow Road and the Baldridge Boat Ramp, and then we finished with a visit to Hogback Ridge Preserve. Activity was constant and varied at each stop. Charlie Bombaci The results by area were: OXBOW ROAD Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal House Finch American Goldfinch BALDRIDGE BOAT RAMP Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mute Swan American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse American Robin European Starling Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow HOGBACK RIDGE PRESERVE Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren American Robin European Starling American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]