Despite the consistent rain and wind of the past few days I've managed to spend a few hours up and down the east side of the Hoover Reservoir in Columbus. Both days the Caspian Tern reported earlier this week was around. I couldn't believe my luck when it decided to rest right by my car window at the Walnut boat ramp. Not so good pic attached.......but you can clearly see its size next to an obliging Ring-Billed gull. Others around this morning included 30 or so Red-Breasted Mergansers and a solitary Pied Billed Grebe. Bill Tacon Westerville, 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]