I checked a few areas along the Scioto River west of Columbus, focusing on Marble Cliff and Griggs Dam park. Most of the river is ice-free, and still has decent numbers of waterfowl waiting for other areas to thaw out. These included: Canada Geese - large flocks at both sites CommonGoldeneye - Marble Cliff had 5 while the river below Griggs Dam had 12+ CommonMerganser - 2 females were at Marble Cliff, while 1 male and 5 females graced Griggs Red-br.Mergansers - 2 were on the river below Griggs Dam Hooded Merganser - strangely, the least common merganser, with only a few at each spot. Ring-necked Ducks - big flock of nearly 200 birds along the river at Marble Cliff Lesser Scaup - 1 male mixed in with the Ring-necks Redhead - 12 males mixed in with the Ring-necks Not much else around; landbirds were unexceptional other than scattered flocks of Blue Jays, which was unusual along the river here. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]