We checked several places for ducks and geese in Medina, Lorain, and Wayne Counties. Chippewa Lake in Medina County is almost completely ice covered. We found both Common and Red-breasted Mergansers and quite a few Ring-billed Gulls using the small areas of open water. The Bald Eagles were at the nest on Westfield Landing although we could not determine if they had eggs in the nest. Spencer Lake in Medina County is also mostly ice covered. The Wellington Upground Reservoir (one of our favorite spots for water birds) was ice covered. Two Canada Geese were on the dike and on was in the little open water by the boat ramp. Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area and Wilderness Road in Wayne County is where the ducks and swans are! We saw thousands of ducks (Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Canvasbacks, Redheads, Ring-necked Ducks, and Tundra Swans in good numbers). The water is not covering any of the roads in this area and is free of ice for the ducks, geese, and swans. Ken Ostermiller Westfield Center ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]