Greetings from the slowly thawing Swamp, Friday I was out looking for ducks and found mostly ice with a few Mallards. Today we made the rounds from our house to Paulding and back and came home with 12 species, thanks to a little rain and a lot of melting. Species included Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Black Duck, Ring Necks, L. Scaup, Redheads, Canvasbacks, Bufflehead, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, and Woodies. We also saw a small flotilla of Coot and a couple of Snow Geese among the Canadas at the Thomas Wetlands. Micki also scared up the first Woodcock of the year on our property. Not a bad day considering that both the Paulding Reservoir and some of the higher ponds are still frozen tight! Bird long and prosper, Doug & Micki Dunakin Antwerp, O. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]