I observed five ducks (four normal mallards, and a larger melanistic form) in the western end of Lake Logan on Sunday morning, October 30). The dark duck had a dark purple speculum, black body, and the bills had a narrow yellow base, mostly black , and a white band near the tip. Pictures are in Facebook, Ohio Bird Photography. Bob Hikida ______________________________________________________________________ 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]