I checked my local section of the Mahoning R. again today. Once again, no two days are the same. The tally was: 20 Canada geese, 11 Am. black ducks, 20 mallards, 29 ring-necked ducks, 4 greater scaup, 3 buffleheads, 5 hooded mergansers, and 2 ruddy ducks. Craig Holt, Lowellville ______________________________________________________________________ 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]