I got out a bit before the rains this morning, visiting several spots along the east shore of Alum Creek Lake, north of Columbus. Waterfowl fallout wasn't intense, but there were some good finds, including Surf Scoters - 3 were off SummerRidge access White-winged Scoters - 4 were off SummerRidge access Common Goldeneyes - 3 were off SummerRidge, and another 1 was off Cheshire Bufflehead - 8 were off New Galena, while 2 more were off SummerRidge Lesser Scaup - small flocks in the lower reservoir, but a long group of 300+ birds was off the north side of Cheshire bridge Redhead - small numbers at several places, perhaps 12 in all Canvasback - at least 15 were mixed in with the scaup at Cheshire N.Shovelers - small numbers at several locations Blue-winged Teal a group of 6 was in the entrance pond at SummerRidge access Ruddy Ducks - at least 30 were with the big scaup flock at Cheshire Common Loons - no big fallout, but 25 were scattered along the shore, with 15 at SummerRidge Horned Grebes - small groups at every stops, perhaps 30 in all Cormorants - at least 2 were around the Cheshire bridge Landbirds were nothing special, but I did have early migrants like Tree Swallows, Yellow-rumped warblers, Towhees, and Field Sparrows at several spots. A few Tree Sparrows were still lingering at New Galena and SummerRidge. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]