Julie Karlson, Larry Jeanblanc, and I birded at Buck Creek State Park this morning. The northern half of the lake was frozen and there was much ice on the southern half but there were areas of open water. There were birds sitting on the ice and in the open water. I estimated there were about 200 geese but I couldn't pick out any species except Canada Geese. We ended up finding 14 species of ducks but nothing unusual. We had 10 species of diving ducks and four species of dabblers. There were Ring-billed and Herring Gulls and Horned and Pied-billed Grebes. There were also 2 Bald Eagles. One was an adult and the other was an immature. Because of the mild weather and open water, I have now found 70 species in Clark County so far this month. I had only 50 species last year with the lake frozen all month. Doug Overacker Springfield, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]