These early migrants were much in evidence when I visited a few spots around upper Hoover Reservoir yesterday. I stopped at Wiese Rd, Hoover Meadows, and Twin Bridges, and had slow birding on a cold Friday afternoon. But scattered in the list were some notables, including Lesser Scaup - a flock of 50+ was in the bay of the north reservoir off Wiese Rd Mergansers - 32 Red-breasted and 12 Hooded were fishing in the inlet at Twin Bridges Turkey Vultures - small numbers everwhere, but they were eclisped by the roost at Twin Bridges, which had 120+ birds by 4:30 PM Bonaparte's Gulls - a flock of 25 had joined the mergansers in fishing Twin Bridges inlet ______________________________________________________________________ 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]