After Charlie B.'s band of birders broke up early this afternoon, a couple of us decided we weren't through birding yet so we went to Alum Creek Dam and Beach. Walking across the dam, we counted 33 American coots, 5 allards, 1 pied- billed grebe, and 5 horned grebes. At the beach we saw a large mixed flock of gulls. The flock contained ring-billed gulls and herring gulls of varying ages. Several Bonaparte's gulls and killdeer were in the mix, too. On the laawn behind the sign with the big 2 on it, 4 or 5 horned larks were feeding. Al La Sala Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]