The Surf Scoter, a lagging Red-breasted Merganser female, and about a dozen Caspian Terns were the birds of the day. The whats and wheres are below. Happy birding and God bless, Steve J. St. Marys State Fish Hatchery Protocol: Traveling 1 Miles 38 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes 20 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 6 Lesser Scaup 1 Surf Scoter 3 Bufflehead 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Pied-billed Grebe 2 American Coot 2 Killdeer 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Bonaparte's Gull 20 Ring-billed Gull 1 Belted Kingfisher 6 American Robin 20 European Starling 4 Common Grackle Indian Lake SP--Old Field Protocol: Traveling .5 Miles 17 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes 4 Canada Goose 4 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 50 Ring-billed Gull 12 Caspian Tern 2 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 6 American Robin 6 European Starling 4 Northern Cardinal 10 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 American Goldfinch Indian Lake SP Protocol: Traveling 5 Miles 22 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes 5 Canada Goose 7 Mallard 38 Lesser Scaup 12 Ruddy Duck 3 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Purple Martin 4 Tree Swallow 12 American Robin 6 European Starling 2 Northern Cardinal 10 House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]