LaDue Reservior in Geauga County is indeed loaded with loons, cormorants, red-breasted merg's and other waterfowl. > I counted about 50 loons on the reservoir this morning (Sat 3/26) > I also had about 120 cormorants, 300-400 ring-billed gulls (more > gulls than I've ever seen on LaDue), at least 200 red-breasted mergs > and an imm. eagle. Didn't have the time (had to hurry to work) for > the detailed search that you obviously enjoyed, but darn glad you did. > > Dan Best > > On Friday, Mar 25, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Bonnie Fish wrote: >> >> Dan,I hope you got a chance to get over to LaDue. Nothing was as >> close as when I was there earlier but we still got really good >> looks with binocs and the scope and came up with about 100 loons >> again (as earlier in the afternoon) .The red-breasted mergs were up >> really close down by the boat house on my first trip--there had to >> be close to 200.Also saw a pair of common >> mergs,bufflehead,mallards,ruddies and grebes,an eagle and many >> swallows. >> >> Bonnie Fish > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]