Plenty of resident birds were around this reservoir north of Columbus this morning, including some unusual finds. I stopped at the Visitors Center & beach, the New Galena boat ramp, Plumb Rd access, SummerRidge Access, and the Cheshire boat ramp, before the weather got too hot. Notables included: Common Loon - a basic-plumaged bird off the beach continues the string of enigmatic summer sightings of this species on this busy reservoir. Osprey - a single bird was foraging at New Galena, while a pair were soaring over Cheshire. Gulls - a crowd of 175 Ring-billeds were on the beach - all adults, presumably non-breeders or failed breeders. They were joined by one adult Herring Gull Shorebirds - a handful of Killdeer were at the beach, and a Spotted Sandpiper was calling at the dam spillway. Cuckoos - Yellow-bills were calling at several stops, continuing a strong summer for this species Flycatchers - plenty of Pewees & Acadians in appropriate habitat, and E.Kingbirds at many shore sites, especially around the boat ramps. 3-4 Willow Flycatchers were still in the scrubby area near the Visitors Center. Swallows - Purple Martins were at many shore sites, and were still around the colony at the dam. Cliff Swallows were at every site, topped by a huge flock of 220+ birds around the dam colony. Warblers - not much, with Yellows at many shore sites, and a single calling Louisiana Waterthrush in the wooded ravine at the Lewis Center Rd Mountain Bike Trail Grassland Species - the large grassland below the dam had a few specialties, including 1 singing Savannah Sparrow and 2-3 E.Meadowlarks ______________________________________________________________________ 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]