I stopped briefly at several spots around the reservoir north of Columbus yesterday and found the kaleidoscope of migrating waterbirds was shifting again. The totals for the portion of the lake around and below the Chesire bridge down to the dam included Black Ducks - 10+, several locations Gadwall - 8+, mostly down by the dam Lesser Scaup - 250+ (mostly in a huge raft down by the dam) Bufflehead - 5, mostly down by the dam Hooded Merganser - 2 off SummerRidge access Red-br. Mergansers - 8+ off the Cheshire causeway Ruddy Ducks - 30+ down near the dam American Coot - 30+ near dam Common Loon - 2 off SummerRidge access Pied-billed Grebe - 2 near the dam Horned Grebe - 24+, at several sites around the reservoir Kildeer - 10+ across all sites Greater Yellowlegs - along sandflats off SummerRidge access Bonaparte's Gull - 150+ scattered all around the reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 120+, mostly down near the dam and beach area Herring Gull - 20+, mostly around the beach area ______________________________________________________________________ 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]