This morning around 8:30 Larry Richardson called me from the State Route 88 causeway over Mosquito Lake, Trumbull County, with a probable Pacific Loon that had moved south away from him. We met up at the cemetery parking lot on the east side of the lake in Cortland and relocated it looking to the north. It appeared to be in a transitional first year plumage but all the field marks added up to Pacific. It was smaller than nearby Common's (though we did not have them in the same field of view). The head was obviously round with a smaller bill. There was no hint of white extending into the side of the neck. No white on the sides or flanks at the waterline eliminated Arctic. Good luck if you search. There is fishing boat traffic moving the birds around and it is a big lake. Dave Hochadel ______________________________________________________________________ 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]