A few of us birded a couple places in Clark County this morning. At Buck Creek State Park there were 5 Surf Scoters seen from the north end of the beach and from the marina. Two of them were breeding plumaged males. There were also over 20 Common Loons, many in breeding plumage. We saw 5 Red-necked Grebes scattered over the lake. There were also several species of ducks on the lake. Red-breasted Mergansers and Lesser Scaup were the dominant species today. At the north end of the lake we saw an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull but while we were watching it, it took off to the north and appeared to leave the area. Two Caspian Terns were also at the north end of the lake. Then we drove to Runyan Road which is a short road that runs from Tarbutton Road to Route 54. This is east of Buck Creek State Park and north of Clark Lake. We again saw the white Red-tailed Hawk that we first saw on 1/12/14. We got great looks at it as if flew over. All of the feathers looked white except for two to four center tail feathers that were red. It is a very striking bird. At Clark Lake, a Great Egret flew over. Doug Overacker Springfield, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]