This morning(Friday the 13th), Bill Kinkeid,Jason Simonis and myself visited several locations northwest of Columbus. We had 70 species for the day. It was dusk when we left Springville Marsh so were unable to bird Killdeer Plains. Buck Creek St. Pk. (N.W. part of lake at mudflats off Grant Rd.) Pectoral Sandpipers Mudflats very dry Kiser Lake (West of Urbana) 1 Swamp Sparrow,2 Yellow-throated Warblers on wetland trail 2 Greater Yellowlegs and 1 Osprey east end of lake. Indian Lake RB Gulls, Bonepartes Gulls and 5 Caspian Terns at Fielder Beach. Purple Martins @ S.W. part of lake at their gourds. Fish Hatchery east of Grand Lake St. Marys RBGulls,Bonepartes Gulls, Shovelers, Bald Eagle, 3 Common Terns Red-breasted Mergansers on E. end of lake Mercer Wildlife Management Area (S.W. of Grand Lake ST. Marys) Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Golden Plover on small island on the pond, which is directly N. of parking area. Small fairly newly constructed impoundment on W. side of lake on W. Bank Rd. just S. of Monroe. 7 Buffleheads,Ring-necked Ducks, 1 greater Scaup, Lesser Scaups, Red-breasted Mergansers,1 female Surf Scoter, Green-winged Teal Manley Rd. (W. of Rockford) 2 Savannah Sparrows and 2 Lapland Longspurs in breeding plumage Bressler Resevoir Many Ruddy Ducks, Coots and 1 Common Loon Findley Resevoir Many Ruddy Ducks and 8 Common Loons Springville Marsh (N. of Carey on Rt. 23 and W. on T24) This is a wonderful tract of Marsh habitat with a nice long looping boarddwalk. Many blackbirds with Rusties mixed in, 1 Swamp Sparrow, 4 Wilson's Snipes and 6 Pectoral Sandpipers. NOTE; On the different bodies of water there were Pied-billed Grebes, Blue-winged Teal and 3 or 4 Horned Grebes. Also there was a "Stay out" sign along S.E. edge of the small new impoundment. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]