Hello all, It felt good to do some Ohio birding again. Ben Warner and I hit Killdeer Plains this morning. The highlight was 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at the Upground Reservoir. Ben took photos. I think they were all females/immatures. They were large and dark, with a couple bare spots on the face and the most proximal secondaries were white. Other highlights around the area: Tundra Swan- 260+ around the various ponds Gadwall- 500+, mostly in the large east pond along Wyandot-Marion Rd/Twp Hwy 68A Short-eared Owl- 1, flew across near Twp Hwy 108 and Co Rd 71 Lapland Longspur- 3, in front of the house along Wyandot Rd/Twp Hwy 61A There were several icterid flocks around, with many Rusty Blackbirds and the other three common icterids. Otherwise there were lots of harriers and Bald Eagles. Overall a windy, but nice day! Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, 2nd year graduate student Department of Zoology Michigan State University 203 Natural Sciences Building East Lansing, MI 48824 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]