I made a quick stop at Pickerington Ponds Metro Park in Columbus this morning. I wasn't dressed for the cold so didn't stick around too long. There is lots of open water and there were lots of ducks. The only two spots I checked were Ellis Pond and Teal Pond. Pied-billed Grebe Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Black Duck Mallard Pintail--several dozen Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Canvasback. Saw one male in the back section of Teal Pond. Redhead--lots Ring-necked Duck--lots Scaup sp. Hooded Merganser--dozens Common Merganser--three males and three females in Ellis Pond Ruddy Duck Other birds seen included Eastern Bluebirds Ring-necked Pheasant male in glorious splendor at the feeder at Teal Pond Song Sparrows Great Blue Herons Red-winged Blackbirds Common Grackles Carolina Chickadees Downy Woodpecker ______________________________________________________________________ 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]