Stopped at Dillon Reservoir (Muskingum Co.) on the way to a (successful!) twitch trip for the Jefferson Co. common ravens. Best viewing is from the dam off State Route 146. Scope required: pied-billed grebe - 1 double-crested cormorant - 1 great blue heron - probably at least 100 Canada goose - 2 (only!) wood duck - 1 mallard - about 15 black duck - about 5 bufflehead - 2 hooded merganser - 6 or 8, scattered bald eagle - 1 red-shouldered hawk - 3 (1st winter chasing what I presume were its parents) American coot - 4 ring-billed gulls - between 200 and 300 herring gulls - 3 or 4 Bonaparte's gulls - 5 (at least, that's what I think these were) Also seen around the reservoir: northern flicker tufted titmouse white-breasted nuthatch American crow European starling Most of the shallow water was ice-covered, but there is still a LOT of open water, especially nearest the dam. Margaret Bowman Newark, 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]