At CJ Brown Reservoir near Springfield today I looked around a little At CJ Brown Reservoir near Springfield today I looked around a little from the Lake View area by the Visitor Center. With binos I could see small groups of Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Red-breasted and Hooded Mergansers, two Pied-billed Grebes, 4 Horned Grebes, about 20 Coots and 1 Common Loon. (my first loon was last Tuesday the 8th) There were far more birds out on the lake scattered around, but alas a scope I do not have. Old Reid Park across the road from the Dam had many Mallards, 2 pairs of Northern Shovelers, a few Lesser Scaup, several coots, and a lone female Ruddy Duck. (besides the many mutts). The Canada Geese are beginning to pair up and the Mute Swans look like they are, unfortunately nesting again. The oddest sighting of the day was a hen Wild Turkey walking in the middle of the road in Buck Creek State Park (between the boat ramp intersection and the curve- about 200 yards north of where the Bell's Vireos used to nest). I crept toward the turkey at 5 mph so as not to spook it, but she stretched her neck to look into the car from 5 yards away. The two cars behind me went around her as well, but she ran off into the woods when they passed her. Turkeys are fairly uncommon there, we've only started seeing them for the last 7 or 8 years and then only rarely. Driving home around 5 pm along St. Rte. 4 southwest of town, I saw a kettle of about 25 Turkey Vultures circling along the edge of the Mad River valley. As I got closer, there were about 20 more roosting in the trees along the fence line. I have been seeing some TVs for a few weeks here and there (even 1 Black Vulture), but this is the biggest group so far. Maybe they thought Springfield was Hinckley today... Brian Menker Dayton/Springfield ______________________________________________________________________ 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]