Yesterday at lunch I walked down to the intake/outlet at the Avon Lake Powerhouse and observed a grackle go in the water from a float that is used to stop driftwood. My first I thought was not a good place to take a bath. Too deep. But it jumped back on the float with a live minnow, shook the water off and flew back to the powerhouse. A few minutes later it did the same thing but had a gizzard shad. My co worker and I observed this behavior a few more times before lunch was over. Has anyone ever observed this before? Lou Gardella Garfield Heights ______________________________________________________________________ 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]