Today the Darke County Birders took a birding outing to the above places. Here are Highlights. At a lake on Purk Road on the east side of 235, we found one common loon with other ducks. At Kiser Lake, we found a great egret, common mergansers, horned grebes, another common loon, and two eastern Phoebes. At flooded field west of Russell's Point, we can add Tundra Swans to a previous list from yesterday, but we didn't find the white-fronted geese. On Indian Lake, there were more horned grebes, common Golden Eyes, DC cormorants, etc. At St. Marys Fish Hatchery, there were 2 Boneparte Gulls, Can. geese on nests, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers Grand Lake: Bald Eagle, Gr. Blue Herons, Woods Road In Darke Co. - Bald Eagle, Mute and Tundra Swans, Red heads, Ring-neck ducks, Lesser Scaulp, N. Shovelers, Am. Widgeons, Coots, kestrel, Blue-wing teal, Green-wing teal, Black Ducks, At most of the places, there were coots, Ring-neck ducks, Redheads, Lesser Scaulp, Mallards, Can. Geese, ______________________________________________________________________ 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]