Many thanks to the person who described Hooded mergansers at Twin Lakes. I went there today (sunday) from around noon to 3 pm. I saw a few Hooded mergansers, a few bufflehead, a red necked grebe, a common loon, a ring necked duck, and some Mallards and geese. Not to mention 3 red-shouldered hawks, one of which posed for me while eating so I could practice digiscoping! I then went to Burke where I also saw at least two short eared owls. No doubt about it with the spotting scope. They were on the far (north) side of the runway so hard to see much detail without a scope. Also a kestrel posed on a street light near me giving me some very clear looks. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]