We checked and re-found the Eared Grebe reported by Alex Eberts on Lake Rupert in Vinton County on Dec 22. Photos in the eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20994109 The single other bird on the water was a Bufflehead. Stefan Gleissberg Athens, 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]