The Ruff was still present just before 6 when I got down to Kister Road to see it. It has a stunning, mottled pattern on its back and wings. Very exciting. Kris D'Atri Wooster On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:54 PM, jen brumfield wrote: > Larry Rosche reports the Ruff is still present as of 3:40 pm, Tuesday at Shreve fish pond, corner of Kister Road and Route 226. All thoughts are that this large individual (larger then female, Reeve) is a male molting into alternate ( breeding) plumage. > > > JB > CLE, OH > www.jenbrumfield.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]