Hello All, Since no one ever seems to post about this birdy gem of an area, I thought I would. My wife and I spent a few hours out in the reclaimed strips of Egypt Valley and at Piedmont Lake adjacent, and had the following bird highlights (49 total species): Tree Swallows - probably over 100 total American Wigeon - 4-6 Gadwall - few Hooded Merganser - 15 or so Wilson's Snipe - 12 Rusty Blackbird - 1 Cedar Waxwing - 1 Wood Duck - 12+, including males in super-brilliant breeding coloration American Coot - dozens and dozens Tundra Swan - 2 at Piedmont Lake American Black Duck - 2 Green-winged Teal - 10+ Horned Grebe - 3 at Piedmont Lake Canvasback - 8-10 at Piedmont Lake Lesser Scaup - 30+ at Piedmont Lake Ring-necked Duck - 35-45 Greater Scaup - few at Piedmont Lake Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Red-breasted Mergansers - 7 at Piedmont Lake Redhead Northern Shoveler - 2 Purple Martin - 2, to my surprise, above cattle pastures Not a bad way to spend the afternoon in the middle of nowhere. Ryan Tomazin - Bridgeville, PA ______________________________________________________________________ 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]