There was a pair of ring necked ducks on the upper pond at Lakeview Cemetery today...they have been there since last Wednesday at least. Not much else of note there, couldn't find the redtail hawk pair that I've seen quite a bit the past 6 wks. (I did see a pair flying northeast from the intersections of North and South Park and N. Woodland.) The upper pond was about 50% open, the lower about 20%. The photo was taken last Wednesday when the pond was almost totally ice free. One mute swan at E. 72nd st. still, with only a handful of gulls and ducks for company, floating ice out about 300 yds except by the warm water outlet though at Gordon Pk next door the harbor was still frozen. http://www.pbase.com/tileman533/image/133018273 Denny McDonnell Euclid ______________________________________________________________________ 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]