I looked around LaDue for half an hour around 1:00. Modest numbers of ducks, but I did see a few different species. A handful of red- breasted mergansers, 19 ruddy ducks, 3 scaup, a couple of buffleheads and lots of a american coots. One common loon. Frohring was lively enough, with a large flock of red winged blackbirds and lots of tree swallows, but I didn't find anything new. One pectoral sandpiper stays on, and a common snipe flew into view a couple of times. At the Geauga park property on Franklin Rd, just outside of Chagrin Falls I saw 6 northern shovelers, along with the usual wood ducks and mallards. At home yesterday, the first purple finch of the season. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road, Cuy/Geauga line. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]