For the past week or so the lake in this park has had six hooded mergansers and various numbers of red-breasted mergansers (0-15). This morning there were two new species: a pied-billed grebe and a horned grebe in breeding plumage along with the six hoodies and full number of 15 red-breasted mergansers. From time to time the male hoodies do some short courtships displays. I am also keeping an eye on the tiny bit of mudflats on the eastern end of the lake. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]