With the colder weather I was expecting that Chippewa Lake in Medina County would be ice covered. Not so! Our walk to the lake shore was rewarded by seeing a lone Surf Scoter on the lake along with many Canada Geese, Hooded Mergansers, 4 Common Mergansers, 3 Gadwall, 2 Lesser Scaup, and about 100 Ring-billed Gulls hanging out on the opposite shore. There were even two Mute Swans still on the lake. Nice. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]