There was also a Common Loon on the Reservoir and a male Wood Duck below the dam. I posted my checklists on eBird. James Muller On Wed, Jan 6, 2016, 2:28 PM Nancy Rudd <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Midday, 1/6/2016 > > Hoover Dam spillway > > hooded mergansers--2-3 males > American wigeons--6-7 males > common goldeneye--1 female > bufflehead--males and females > Northern pintail-1 male > gadwalls--quite a few in the shallow water beyond the main spillway > mallards--numerous in both main spillway and in the shallow water beyond > black ducks-fairly numerous in the shallow water > ring-billed gulls--numerous > herring gulls--at least 2 sitting on rocks in the shallow water > Bonaparte's gull-- this one really stood out flying amidst the ring-bills > great blue heron--1 > > We also visited 3 points on Alum Creek (dam spillway, New Galena boat > launch, and Cheshire Rd boat launch) but all we saw were Canada geese > except for 7-8 female hooded mergansers at Cheshire Rd. and some pigeons > at the dam. > > Nancy Rudd and Bob Gold > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]