Had the day off classes so decided to wake up early and check out some waterfowl and hopefully see a few of the land migrants. Funk Bottoms was my first destination. I was greeted first by a flock of 400 A.Coots at the observation tower. A few mallards and a pair of Hooded Mergansers were also present. A majority of the waterfowl were off 95. A majority of dabblers were very close to the road feeding on freshly flooded areas while most of the divers hung out in more open water areas (except ring-necked which were feeding directly next to teal. I saw EURASIAN WIGEON- the single drake was feeding about 75 yards from road directly off 95 about 300 yards from the start of the wetland, he was with American wigeon, mallard, teal and ring-necked in about 4 inches of water American Wigeon GW Teal BW Teal Mallard N. Pintail Wood Duck N. Shoveler Gadwall American Black Duck Ring-necked Duck Canvasback Redhead Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Bufflehead Canada Goose Blue Heron Killbuck was composed of mostly the same species, the large area off 226 held quite a few fowl. Also saw an Eastern Phoebe and a few Killdeer. Apple Valley Lake had two Common Loons off Sutton Beach. One was still in winter plumage, while the other was in Breeding plumage. There was also a single female bufflehead. Lastly I stopped at Kenyon’s Brown Environmental Center. Saw the following Brown-headed Cowbird Golden-crowned Kinglet-flock of 12 Eastern Towhee- 3 males Eastern Phoebe Eastern Fox Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Flicker The usual suspects It was a fun day of birding. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]