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

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