I spent an all-to-brief hour looking through the area along the Scioto River at Marble Cliff. This area is a series of old quarries along the river that are now flooded and offer good backwaters for waterfowl, which were there in abundance today. Highlights included Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Canada Goose - 50 Wood Duck - 2 pair Mallard - 30 Black Duck - 4 Lesser Scaup - 22 Greater Scaup - 1-2 Ring-necked Duck - 160+ (this is a good concentration point for them, as Bob Royse has noted in many of his postings) Redhead - 3 Common Goldeneye - 4 Hooded Merganser - 5 American Coot - 2 Ring-billed Gull - 50+ The nearby quarries along Dublin Road were still frozen over, but did have another loafing flock of 50 Ring-bills. They should start to open up tomorrow, as much of the ice was thin & dark. Landbirds at these spots were not very impressive, with a few Redwings & grackles as the only noticeable migrants. Rob Thorn [log in to unmask] EarthLink Revolves Around You. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]