Hi: This morning I made a quick tour of the ponds along Overton Rd. in the upper Killbuck valley above Wooster to see what washed out yesterday in the heavy rainstorm. Surprisingly, there were very few ducks, with the exception of 12-15 female hooded mergs, but only two males. I did find two breeding plumaged common loons on separate ponds. In the northernmost pond, I found a male surf scoter in breeding plumage. That pond is located at the intersection of Overton and Pleasant Home roads west of Rt. 83. It is surprising how many surf scoters have been reported lately. Randy Rowe ______________________________________________________________________ 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]