MARCH 31, 2013 - Waterfowl and other notable birds seen around the Portage Lakes area south of Akron, Ohio. NESMITH LAKE Mallard - 2 Great Blue Heron - 1 Turkey Vulture - 3 LONG LAKE Canada Goose - 38 Mute Swan - 7 Osprey - 2 Tree Swallow - 3 WEST RESERVOIR Double-crested Cormorant - about 30 birds at the island nest site. NORTH RESERVOIR Canada Goose - 12 Mute Swan - 2 Mallard - 4 Lesser Scaup - 2 (males) Ruddy Duck - 2 Horned Grebe - 1 Osprey - 2 Belted Kingfisher - 1 "TAMARACK" SWAMP (at the corner of S. Main St. & Tamarack Ave.) Canada Goose - 2 Mute Swan - 2 Mallard - 2 Northern Shoveler - 3 (2m,1f) Ring-necked Duck - 9 (5m,4f) NIMISILA RESERVOIR Canada Goose - 16 Wood Duck - 4 (males) Gadwall - 7 (4m,3f) American Black Duck - 2 (1m,1f) Mallard - 4 (2m,2f) Northern Shoveler - 2 (1m,1f) Ring-necked Duck - 2 (1m,1f) Lesser Scaup - 3 (m) Bufflehead - 14 (8m,6f) Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f) Red-breasted Merganser - 52 (mixed flock) Ruddy Duck - 211 (mixed flock) Common Loon - 5 Pied-billed Grebe - 7 Horned Grebe - 36 Great Blue Heron - 2 Osprey - 4 (1 doing mating flight offering fish to female) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 American Coot - 77 Killdeer - 2 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Tree Swallow - 6 SUMMIT LAKE Canada Goose - 12 Mallard - 8 Lesser Scaup - 6 (3m,3f) Bufflehead - 14 (8m,6f) Hooded Merganser - 7 (4m,3f) Ruddy Duck - 18 Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Horned Grebe - 8 American Coot - 23 Bonaparte's Gull - 5 Ring-billed Gull - 3 Douglas W. & Michelle Vogus - Akron, Ohio. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]