Thinking that Sunday's odd weather conditions may have suppressed birds on this reservoir for the Audubon field trip, I revisited this site yesterday afternoon. Sure enough, the calmer conditions have allowed typical winter birds to set up shop here, just in time for local CBCs. Among the notables were: Dabbling Ducks - the big flock of Mallards has returned to the spillway, and included in its numbers were 1 Wood Duck, 3 N,Shovelers, and 4 Gadwall Diving Ducks - a flock of 14 Lesser Scaup were above the dam, along with 25-30 Hooded Mergansers Other waterfowl - no grebes apparent, but there were 12 cormorants Raptors - a juvenile Bald Eagle came soaring down the reservoir, made a half-hearted pass at some scaup, then headed down the gorge below the dam Gulls - a big flock of nearly 300 Ring-bills was assembled above the dam, and included 20+ Bonapartes and 5-6 Herring. As with Alum Creek Lake, this might be a good spot to check in the late afternoon as winter progresses for unusual gulls. Landbirds - the spillway area below the dam was unremarkable, except for a Mockingbird and a mixed flock of sparrows including Song, White-throats, Tree, and Juncos. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]