The ice is gone from the Wellington Upground Reservoir in Lorain County near the village of Wellington. Yesterday afternoon there were many Red-breasted Mergansers and we found 3 Horned Grebes. Not a big movement of water birds yet, but the water is opening up for them. Ken Ostermiller eBird Hot Spot reviewer for Ohio [log in to unmask] Location: Wellington Upground Reservoir Observation date: 3/11/11 Number of species: 12 Canada Goose 12 Redhead 10 Ring-necked Duck 75 Lesser Scaup 10 Bufflehead 1 Hooded Merganser 25 Red-breasted Merganser 250 Ruddy Duck 15 Horned Grebe 3 American Coot 100 Ring-billed Gull 6 American Crow 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]