Athens area birders, 

the deep freeze has waterfowl resort to open river water, so I checked several spots on the Hocking River this morning. At the Habitat House on West Union Street, the ice water lilies are back (floating round chunks of ice). There were 2 pairs of Hooded Mergansers, several Mallards, and around 200 Canada Geese that were hunkered down in the snow-blowing gales. While I was watching out of the car window, an adult Bald Eagle flew downstream, and another pair of ducks landed. I had to get out of the car to see that they were Common Goldeneye. They joined a single Red-breasted Merganser and some Mallards. Images at:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21263172

Good birding, 

Stefan
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Stefan Gleissberg
Athens, Ohio 
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