This mourning Linda and I checked a few of my favoriteareas to find waterfowl on Hoover Reservoir during the winter. The warmertemperatures have opened the water at most locations and the gusty winds drovethe waterfowl to locations that were leeward from the weather. We had a bonanzaof waterfowl off Old Sunbury Road along the eastern shore. The flocks of ducksstretched for over a mile. Adding to our pleasure were the birds observed alongthe old roadbed as we walked from the car north and back. The Bald Eagles puton a dazzling show for us including an adult that hung in place facing the windwhile right over our heads. Red-breasted Nuthatches, a Savannah Sparrow andEastern Bluebirds blazing neon blue in the sunlight didn’t hurt a bit either. A complete list follows. Charlie Bombaci SpeciesList: Canada Goose American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]