I've been watching the Black-bellied whistling duck at Buckeye Lake (small quarry) in Bluffton, Ohio the last few days. I've attached a photo of the duck that I took yesterday. This afternoon some neighbors mentioned it looked like it was getting weak and approached them as if begging for food. Is there a rescue group to help it? I have heard comments from both camps before about helping or not helping wildlife that we humans are observing. Anyone got suggestions/comments about if the duck needs help and if there is a group to help it? A note about birds supported by the lake--There is now a flock of about 100 mallards residing at the lake and a group of about 10 Canadian geese. Last winter the lake hosted about 200 mallards and 150 Canadian geese. So they're starting to come in for the winter. A note on the quarry lake--There has been a large fish kill (maybe about 50 or so bodies at the boat ramp end) in the lake in the last week or so. Not typical for the lake and not sure what has caused it. Now the remaining carp swim at the surface of the lake with mouths out of the water and open. Looks like they're gulping for air. I've attached a photo showing 3 carp mouths and the duck. Someone who fishes the lake suggested that there might have been some kind of inversion causing there to be a lack of oxygen in the lake. Anyone got an explanation for the fish kill? Will this have a negative impact on the ability of the duck to survive at the quarry lake? Thanks for your help. Jean ______________________________________________________________________ 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]