All, I am relatively new to "officially" bird watching and just recently signed up for the List serve. This is my first post. I was driving by Pine Lake yesterday and drove through a very expensive development under construction. I noticed a lot of the birds mentioned below and also noticed a pair of Double Crested Cormorant. At least, that is what I think they were. They were partially submerged with orange beaks and they kept diving for fish. I did not see them spread their wings to dry though. They looked like mini Loch Ness Monsters. I have loved bird watching unofficially for years but just started trying to get out birding. I have been seeing many migrating ducks at Medina Lake and Rustic Hills Lake in Medina (canvasback, redhead, ring-necked duck, bufflehead, hooded merganser, common merganser, red-breasted merganser) and probably have seen other birds I was not able to recognize. It was amazing seeing my first hooded merganser as I love ducks. Don Obermeier 5636 Trystin Tree Drive Medina, Ohio 44256 (330) 952-0547 home ________________________________ From: Craig Holt <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:53 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Pine L. red-necked grebe and more Lots of birds on and around Pine L. (Mahoning Co.) today. Species seen included: gadwall, Am. wigeon, n. pintail, canvasback, redhead, ring-necked duck, greater scaup, lesser scaup, bufflehead, hooded merganser, common merganser, red-breasted merganser, ruddy duck, common loon, horned grebe, RED-NECKED GREBE, n. harrier, bald eagle, Am. kestrel, Am. coot, killdeer, Wilson's snipe, ring-billed gull, herring gull, Am. tree sparrow, and dark-eyed junco. Pine L. was completely thawed; oddly, nearby Evans L. remains completely frozen. Craig Holt, Poland Twp. ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]