Just got a call from Troy Shively, who reported on the new (fourth) Lima-area reservoir. This one is next to Bresler Res, just west, separated only by a road--surely through the only "canyon" in the area. Doubtless this will provide a full-time job to a mower, though fighting vegetation on the sides of upground reservoirs seems like a silly idea. Old DeLorme 45:B-5. The reservoir is only partly flooded now. A vegetated island remains, connected to one side by mudflats; deer are grazing there. Troy estimated the eventual depth of the water at 70-80 feet. The whole res is shaped like an "L." It is huge; Troy estimated it was larger than Bresler, Wellington, etc. He reported the presence of some routine birds--mergansers, mallards, maybe a surf scoter, but clearly this deep-water location will attract migrant diving waterbirds in good numbers, and its shape may make observation a bit easier than Bresler, where the birds always seem a mile away no matter which side you look from. It's worth a look now, and should get better with time. Bill Whan Cols ______________________________________________________________________ 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]