Dec 27, Thur. Alex Patton and Tarylor Mann watched 8 Shovelers, many Mallards, 2 Baldpates (Am.wideon), 2 female Golden Eyes, excellent photos but not attached, nearby but above the dam were about 30 Hooded Mergs, 1 Red Breasted Merg, 1 Pied Billed Grebe and 2 Common Loons. Hoover Reservoir is in Central Ohio near Columbus. posted by Mitch Lynd, [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]