I hear from Mary Misplon that this afternoon the following were found at the hatchery: alt-plumaged cattle egret and snowy egret, and a surf scoter. Cattle egrets have been noted nesting in the area recently, but not snowies, and a surf scoter there now is quite unusual. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]