Stopped by the boathouse just past 11. Besides the geese, gulls & mallards, at least 8 common loons on the Kent Rd end, and 4 or 5 flocks of red-breasted mergansers -- most i can remember seeing in one small area. One flock of 10 swam up within 20-30 feet of the bench i was at. Also one swallow, taking a drink - couldn't see the tail to ID. Ken Thompson Silver Lake, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]